Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15196",
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    "title": "CVE-2020-15196",
    "summary": "In Tensorflow version 2.3.0, the `SparseCountSparseOutput` and `RaggedCountSparseOutput` implementations don't validate that the `weights` tensor has the same shape as the data. The check exists for `DenseCountSparseOutput`, where both tensors are fully specified. In the sparse and ragged count weights are still accessed in parallel with the data. But, since there is no validation, a user passing fewer weights than the values for the tensors can generate a read from outside the bounds of the heap buffer allocated for the weights. The issue is patched in commit 3cbb917b4714766030b28eba9fb41bb97ce9ee02 and is released in TensorFlow version 2.3.1.",
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        "PYSEC-2020-119",
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        "PYSEC-2020-311"
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      "references": [
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  "published_at": "2020-09-25T19:15:14.87+00:00"
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