Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2021 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2021-29550Division by 0 in `FractionalAvgPool`

Low 2.5

In plain English

A low-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 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.5Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.4% 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. An attacker can cause a runtime division by zero error and denial of service in `tf.raw_ops.FractionalAvgPool`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/acc8ee69f5f46f92a3f1f11230f49c6ac266f10c/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_avg_pool_op.cc#L85-L89) computes a divisor quantity by dividing two user controlled values. The user controls the values of `input_size[i]` and `pooling_ratio_[i]` (via the `value.shape()` and `pooling_ratio` arguments). If the value in `input_size[i]` is smaller than the `pooling_ratio_[i]`, then the floor operation results in `output_size[i]` being 0. The `DCHECK_GT` line is a no-op outside of debug mode, so in released versions of TF this does not trigger. Later, these computed values are used as arguments(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/acc8ee69f5f46f92a3f1f11230f49c6ac266f10c/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_avg_pool_op.cc#L96-L99) to `GeneratePoolingSequence`(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/acc8ee69f5f46f92a3f1f11230f49c6ac266f10c/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_pool_common.cc#L100-L108). There, the first computation is a division in a modulo operation. Since `output_length` can be 0, this results in runtime crashing. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPItensorflow2.3.3GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow2.4.2GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow2.1.4GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-187
PyPItensorflow2.2.3GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.4.2GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.1.4GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.2.3GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.3GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-478
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.3GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.4.2GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.1.4GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.2.0rc0, 2.3.0rc0, 2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-676
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.2.3GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
tensorflow tensorflow < 2.1.4>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2

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

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