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SCA: security update for tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-j8qc-5fqr-52fp)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416250

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. An attacker can cause a division by
 zero to occur in `Conv2DBackpropFilter`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/
 tensorflow/blob/1b0296c3b8dd9bd948f924aa8cd62f87dbb7c3da/tensorflow/core/kernels/conv_grad_filter_ops.cc#L
 513-L522) computes a divisor based on user provided data (i.e., the shape of the tensors given as
 arguments). If all shapes are empty then `work_unit_size` is 0. Since there is no check for this case
 before division, this results in a runtime exception, with potential to be abused for a denial of service.
 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. (CVE-2021-29538)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8qc-5fqr-52fp

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 416250

Version: Revision 1.6

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: Low

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-2021-29538

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29538

cwe: CWE-369