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SCA: security update for tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-6gv8-p3vj-pxvr)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411446

Description

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. The code for
 `tf.raw_ops.UncompressElement` can be made to trigger a null pointer dereference. The [implementation](htt
 ps://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f24faa153ad31a4b51578f8181d3aaab77a1ddeb/tensorflow/core/kernel
 s/data/experimental/compression_ops.cc#L50-L53) obtains a pointer to a `CompressedElement` from a
 `Variant` tensor and then proceeds to dereference it for decompressing. There is no check that the
 `Variant` tensor contained a `CompressedElement`, so the pointer is actually `nullptr`. We have patched
 the issue in GitHub commit 7bdf50bb4f5c54a4997c379092888546c97c3ebd. 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-2021-37649)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6gv8-p3vj-pxvr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411446

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-37649

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 6.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37649

cwe: CWE-476