Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2021 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2021-37642Division by 0 in `ResourceScatterDiv` in TensorFlow

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in tensorflow from tensorflow. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the implementation of `tf.raw_ops.ResourceScatterDiv` is vulnerable to a division by 0 error. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.cc#L865) uses a common class for all binary operations but fails to treat the division by 0 case separately. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 4aacb30888638da75023e6601149415b39763d76. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPItensorflow2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-264
PyPItensorflow2.3.4GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw
PyPItensorflow2.4.3GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw
PyPItensorflow2.5.1GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.4.3GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-555
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.4GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.5.1GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-753
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.4GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.4.3GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.5.1GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
tensorflow tensorflow >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3< 2.3.4

Weakness: CWE-369 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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