CVE-2021-37661

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However, `reserve` receives an unsigned integer so there is an implicit conversion from a negative value to a large positive unsigned. This results in a crash from the standard library. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 8a84f7a2b5a2b27ecf88d25bad9ac777cd2f7992. 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."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-681", "description": "CWE-681: Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2021-08-12T21:05:16.000Z", "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-gf88-j2mg-cc82"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/8a84f7a2b5a2b27ecf88d25bad9ac777cd2f7992"}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-gf88-j2mg-cc82", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}, "title": "Crash caused by integer conversion to unsigned in TensorFlow", "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "security-advisories@github.com", "ID": "CVE-2021-37661", "STATE": "PUBLIC", "TITLE": "Crash caused by integer conversion to unsigned in TensorFlow"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "tensorflow", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": ">= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1"}, {"version_value": ">= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3"}, {"version_value": "< 2.3.4"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "tensorflow"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. 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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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "TensorFlow es una plataforma de c\u00f3digo abierto de extremo a extremo para el aprendizaje autom\u00e1tico. En las versiones afectadas un atacante puede causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio en \"boosted_trees_create_quantile_stream_resource\" usando argumentos negativos. La [implementaci\u00f3n](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/84d053187cb80d975ef2b9684d4b61981bca0c41/tensorflow/core/kernels/boosted_trees/quantile_ops.cc#L96) no comprueba que \"num_streams\" s\u00f3lo contenga n\u00fameros no negativos. A su vez, [esto resulta en usar este valor para asignar memoria](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/84d053187cb80d975ef2b9684d4b61981bca0c41/tensorflow/core/kernels/boosted_trees/quantiles/quantile_stream_resource.h#L31-L40). 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