CVE-2021-41208

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    CVE-2021-41208

    Published: 5 Nov 2021Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the code for boosted trees in TensorFlow is still missing validation. As a result, attackers can trigger denial of service (via dereferencing `nullptr`s or via `CHECK`-failures) as well as abuse undefined behavior (binding references to `nullptr`s). An attacker can also read and write from heap buffers, depending on the API that gets used and the arguments that are passed to the call. Given that the boosted trees implementation in TensorFlow is unmaintained, it is recommend to no longer use these APIs. We will deprecate TensorFlow's boosted trees APIs in subsequent releases. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

    References: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-57wx-m983-2f88, https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/5c8c9a8bfe750f9743d0c859bae112060b216f5c

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 582c8d236cb079023657287c318ff26adb239002
    Fixed -64918868e2154b06c7479347a59a4230f785e9fa

    Affected versions

    2.7.0-rc0
    2.7.0-rc1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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    High
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