CVE-2022-35935 `CHECK` failure in `SobolSample` via missing validation in TensorFlow

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in TensorFlow via a CHECK failure in SobolSample due to missing input validation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-35935?

CVE-2022-35935 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Tensorflow, published on 16 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. The implementation of SobolSampleOp is vulnerable to a denial of service via CHECK-failure (assertion failure) caused by assuming `input(0)`, `input(1)`, and `input(2)` to be scalar. This issue has been patched in GitHub commit c65c67f88ad770662e8f191269a907bf2b94b1bf. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.10.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.9.1, TensorFlow 2.8.1, and TensorFlow 2.7.2, as these are also affected and still in supported range. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Weakness: CWE-617

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35935?

22 open source packages ship an affected version, including tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu and tensorflow-gpu. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow BitnamiFrom 2.7.02.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
tensorflow PyPIAll versions2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
tensorflow PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
16 more packages
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow-cpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow-gpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1

Products include Google Tensorflow.

How do I fix CVE-2022-35935?

Upgrade tensorflow to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.2, 2.8.1 or 2.9.1.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-35935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-tensorflow-2022-35935, GHSA-97p7-w86h-vcf9, PYSEC-2026-3144, PYSEC-2026-3302, PYSEC-2026-974.

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