Security Bulletin
Summary
TensorFlow in Watson Machine Learning Community Edition 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 has had various CVE reported against it and have been patched. Users should update to the latest available TensorFlow package.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-15265
DESCRIPTION: Tensorflow is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a segfault in tf.quantization.quantize_and_dequantize. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190507 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2020-15266
DESCRIPTION: Tensorflow is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a segfault in tf.image.crop_and_resize. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190506 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Watson Machine Learning Community Edition | 1.6.2 |
| IBM Watson Machine Learning Community Edition | 1.7.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Users should update TensorFlow from the Watson Machine Learning Community Edition conda channel:
https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/server/ibm-ai/conda/
For WML-CE 1.6.2, update using
conda install tensorflow-gpu=1.15.5
or
conda install tensorflow=1.15.5
For WML-CE 1.7.0, update using
conda install tensorflow-gpu=2.1.3
or
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
04 Feb 2021: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
04 February 2021
Initial Publish date:
04 February 2021
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ibm16412433