CVE-2023-38677 FPE in paddle.linalg.eig

What is CVE-2023-38677?

CVE-2023-38677 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in PaddlePaddle, published on 3 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

FPE in paddle.linalg.eig in PaddlePaddle before 2.6.0. This flaw can cause a runtime crash and a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38677?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including paddlepaddle. It affects 1 product.

Products include Paddlepaddle Paddlepaddle.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38677?

Upgrade paddlepaddle to 2.6.0 or later.

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-2023-38677 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-38677 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in PaddlePaddle

• CVE-2022-46742 PaddlePaddle vulnerable to Code Injection Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-45908 PaddlePaddle vulnerable to code injection via winstr Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52310 Command injection in get_online_pass_interval Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-52311 Command injection in _wget_download Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-52314 Command injection in convert_shape_compare Critical 9.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-c6ph-m8cw-rfqh, PYSEC-2024-132.