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SCA: security update for tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-c5x2-p679-95wc)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413694

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. When a user does not supply
 arguments that determine a valid sparse tensor, `tf.raw_ops.SparseTensorSliceDataset` implementation can
 be made to dereference a null pointer. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/
 8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/data/sparse_tensor_slice_dataset_op.cc#L2
 40-L251) has some argument validation but fails to consider the case when either `indices` or `values` are
 provided for an empty sparse tensor when the other is not. If `indices` is empty, then [code that performs
 validation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorf
 low/core/kernels/data/sparse_tensor_slice_dataset_op.cc#L260-L261) (i.e., checking that the indices are
 monotonically increasing) results in a null pointer dereference. If `indices` as provided by the user is
 empty, then `indices` in the C++ code above is backed by an empty `std::vector`, hence calling
 `indices->dim_size(0)` results in null pointer dereferencing (same as calling `std::vector::at()` on an
 empty vector). We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 02cc160e29d20631de3859c6653184e3f876b9d7. 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-2021-37647)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c5x2-p679-95wc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413694

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-2021-37647

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: 7

Threat Score: 4.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/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-2021-37647

cwe: CWE-476