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CVE-2021-39158 (GCVE-0-2021-39158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-23 20:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:58
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Title
Dependency injection in NVCaffe
Summary
NVCaffe's python required dependencies list used to contain `gfortran`version prior to 0.17.4, entry which does not exist in the repository pypi.org. An attacker could potentially have posted malicious files to pypi.org causing a user to install it within NVCaffe.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
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NVIDIA caffe Affected: <= 0.17.4
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