TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions TensorFlow and Keras can be tricked to perform arbitrary code execution when deserializing a Keras model from YAML format. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/tensorflow/python/keras/saving/model_config.py#L66-L104) uses `yaml.unsafe_load` which can perform arbitrary code execution on the input. Given that YAML format support requires a significant amount of work, we have removed it for now. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 23d6383eb6c14084a8fc3bdf164043b974818012. 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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions TensorFlow and
    Keras can be tricked to perform arbitrary code execution when deserializing a Keras model from YAML
    format. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b
    1964f15f4/tensorflow/python/keras/saving/model_config.py#L66-L104) uses `yaml.unsafe_load` which can
    perform arbitrary code execution on the input. Given that YAML format support requires a significant
    amount of work, we have removed it for now. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit
    23d6383eb6c14084a8fc3bdf164043b974818012. 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. (CVE-2021-37678)

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10014-1 advisory.

    Update to TF2 2.6.0 which fixes multiple CVEs (boo#1189423).

    - Introduction of bazel6.3 and basel-skylib1.0.3 as build       dependencies.
      The latter has been adapted to all a version in its package       name (if %set_ver_suffix is set to 1). This allows multiple       versions to exist for one product (not installed).
      NOTE: basel-skylib1.0.3 does not exist in oS:Factory:
      basel-skylib in oS:Factory - the base version - is 1.0.3.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
418541	SCA: security update for tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-r6jx-9g48-2r5r)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
418541	SCA: security update for tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-r6jx-9g48-2r5r)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
162400	openSUSE 15 Security Update : tensorflow2 (openSUSE-SU-2022:10014-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2021-37678

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Tenable Plugins

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