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Mageia 9, MGASA-2024-0228 Critical: Python Scikit-Learn Data Leak Issue

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Calendar Grey June 20, 2024
Dist Mageia Esm H88
A vulnerability concerning the exposure of confidential data in scikit-learn's TfidfVectorizer has been addressed in the release of version 1.5.0.
A sensitive data leakage vulnerability was identified in scikit-learn's TfidfVectorizer, specifically in versions up to and including 1.4.1.post1, which was fixed in version 1.5.0

Summary

A sensitive data leakage vulnerability was identified in scikit-learn's TfidfVectorizer, specifically in versions up to and including 1.4.1.post1, which was fixed in version 1.5.0. The vulnerability arises from the unexpected storage of all tokens present in the training data within the `stop_words_` attribute, rather than only storing the subset of tokens required for the TF-IDF technique to function. This behavior leads to the potential leakage of sensitive information, as the `stop_words_` attribute could contain tokens that were meant to be discarded and not stored, such as passwords or keys. The impact of this vulnerability varies based on the nature of the data being processed by the vectorizer.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33307

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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5206

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/python-scikit-learn-1.1.2-2.1.mga9

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Publication date: 20 Jun 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0228.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-5206

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