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Out of bounds write in Tensorflow

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 2, 2022 in tensorflow/tensorflow • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

pip tensorflow (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3
= 2.7.0

Patched versions

2.5.3
2.6.3
2.7.1
pip tensorflow-cpu (pip)
< 2.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3
= 2.7.0
2.5.3
2.6.3
2.7.1
pip tensorflow-gpu (pip)
< 2.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3
= 2.7.0
2.5.3
2.6.3
2.7.1

Description

Impact

TensorFlow is vulnerable to a heap OOB write in Grappler:

Status SetUnknownShape(const NodeDef* node, int output_port) {
  shape_inference::ShapeHandle shape = 
      GetUnknownOutputShape(node, output_port);
  InferenceContext* ctx = GetContext(node);
  if (ctx == nullptr) {
    return errors::InvalidArgument("Missing context");
  }
  ctx->set_output(output_port, shape);
  return Status::OK();
}

The set_output function writes to an array at the specified index:

void set_output(int idx, ShapeHandle shape) { outputs_.at(idx) = shape; }

Hence, this gives a malicious user a write primitive.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 97282c6d0d34476b6ba033f961590b783fa184cd.

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.7.1, TensorFlow 2.6.3, and TensorFlow 2.5.3, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

For more information

Please consult our security guide for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

References

@mihaimaruseac mihaimaruseac published to tensorflow/tensorflow Feb 2, 2022
Reviewed Feb 3, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 4, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 9, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.580%
(78th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-23566

GHSA ID

GHSA-5qw5-89mw-wcg2

Source code

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