CVE-2021-37673: TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions an attacker can trigger a…

Summary

CVE-2021-37673 affects TensorFlow versions where `tf.raw_ops.MapStage` fails a `CHECK` when the `key` input is not a valid non-empty tensor. An attacker can trigger this to cause a denial of service, because the implementation in map_stage_op.cc does not validate that input.

Mitigation

Patched in GitHub commit d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0, and the commit will be cherry-picked to TensorFlow 2.5.1, 2.4.3 and 2.3.4.

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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