CVE-2021-41208
Incomplete validation in boosted trees code
Description
TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the code for boosted trees in TensorFlow is still missing validation. As a result, attackers can trigger denial of service (via dereferencing `nullptr`s or via `CHECK`-failures) as well as abuse undefined behavior (binding references to `nullptr`s). An attacker can also read and write from heap buffers, depending on the API that gets used and the arguments that are passed to the call. Given that the boosted trees implementation in TensorFlow is unmaintained, it is recommend to no longer use these APIs. We will deprecate TensorFlow's boosted trees APIs in subsequent releases. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.
How to fix CVE-2021-41208
To remediate CVE-2021-41208, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.4.4 or later
- —upgrade to 2.6.1 or later
- —upgrade to 5c8c9a8bfe750f9743d0c859bae112060b216f5c or later
- —upgrade to 5c8c9a8bfe750f9743d0c859bae112060b216f5c or later
- —upgrade to 2.6.1 or later
- —upgrade to 5c8c9a8bfe750f9743d0c859bae112060b216f5c or later
- —upgrade to 2.6.1 or later
Is CVE-2021-41208 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (7)
- >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.4, >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2, >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1
- >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1
- from 0, < 5c8c9a8bfe750f9743d0c859bae112060b216f5c | from 0, < 2.4.4, >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2, >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1, >= 2.7.0rc0, < 2.7.0
- from 0, < 5c8c9a8bfe750f9743d0c859bae112060b216f5c | from 0, < 2.4.4, >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2, >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1, >= 2.7.0rc0, < 2.7.0
- >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1
- from 0, < 5c8c9a8bfe750f9743d0c859bae112060b216f5c | from 0, < 2.4.4, >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2, >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1, >= 2.7.0rc0, < 2.7.0
- >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |