CVE-2022-23569: Tensorflow is an Open Source Machine Learning Framework. Multiple operations in TensorFlow can be used to trigger a…

Summary

Multiple operations in TensorFlow can be triggered to cause a denial of service through CHECK-fails, which are assertion failures. The issue is similar to TFSA-2021-198, and the maintainers patched the reported instances in several GitHub commits while noting that other similar instances may exist.

Mitigation

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0. The commit will also be cherrypicked to TensorFlow 2.7.1, TensorFlow 2.6.3, and TensorFlow 2.5.3.

Affected packages in the Exposure Registry

Matched by package name and ecosystem. Each entry shows whether the package delegates to a language model and how many tracked packages depend on it.

• tensorflowPyPINo LLM dependency detected · 26 tracked dependents
• tensorflow-gpuPyPINo LLM dependency detected · 2 tracked dependents

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