{"status":"success","advisory":{"_id":"683547205b16347a91c39c74","kb_acknowledgements":null,"kb_affected_list":["NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.2 and above"],"kb_bad_data":false,"kb_cve":["CVE-2016-0728"],"kb_exploitation":"Public","kb_fixes":[{"product":"NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.2 and above","fixes":[{"link":"https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/vasa_cdot/7.0/","cves":[]}],"instructions":"","wontfix":false,"eos_link":null}],"kb_impact":"Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to an unauthorized user privilege escalation or a Denial of Service (DoS).","kb_internal_notes":[{"burt":"981918","jira":"","product":"Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)"},{"burt":"981919","jira":"","product":"Data ONTAP Edge"},{"burt":"981920","jira":"","product":"NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.2 and above"},{"burt":"981921","jira":"","product":"OnCommand Balance"},{"burt":"981922","jira":"","product":"OnCommand Performance Manager (Unified Manager Performance Pkg)"},{"burt":"981923","jira":"","product":"OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP"},{"burt":"981925","jira":"","product":"Service Processor"},{"burt":"981926","jira":"","product":"SnapProtect"},{"burt":"981928","jira":"","product":"StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)"},{"burt":"981927","jira":"","product":"StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)"}],"kb_investigating_list":[],"kb_num":"9010062","kb_ref":[],"kb_rev_history":[{"comment":"Initial Public Release","date":"20160211","version":"1.0"},{"comment":"Cluster Network/Management Switches (Netapp) moved to Products Not Affected","date":"20160217","version":"2.0"},{"comment":"OnCommand Performance Manager (Unified Manager Performance Pkg) & OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP (6.x) moved to Products Not Affected","date":"20160223","version":"3.0"},{"comment":"SnapProtect moved to Products Not Affected","date":"20160301","version":"4.0"},{"comment":"NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.0 and above added to Software Versions and Fixes","date":"20180423","version":"5.0"},{"comment":"Final status","date":"20190204","version":"6.0"}],"kb_revised_list":[],"kb_scoring":{"CVE-2016-0728":"CVSS:2.0/AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C"},"kb_scoring_calc":[{"cve_id":"CVE-2016-0728","range":"MEDIUM","score":6.5,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C"}],"kb_status":"Final","kb_summary":"Multiple NetApp products incorporate the Linux kernel. Any system containing the Linux kernel version 3.8 or higher is susceptible to a vulnerability that could be exploited to allow local users to gain privileges or to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).","kb_title":"CVE-2016-0728 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NetApp Products","kb_unaffected_list":["7-Mode Transition Tool","ATTO FibreBridge","Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware","Brocade Network Advisor Software","Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)","Clustered Data ONTAP","Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector","Data ONTAP Edge","Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode","E-Series SANtricity Management Plug-ins (VMware vCenter)","E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager","E-Series SANtricity Web Services (REST API) for Web Services Proxy","FAS/AFF BIOS","Host Utilities - SAN for Linux","Host Utilities - SAN for Windows","MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP","NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)","NetApp Manageability SDK","NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI","NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup","NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider","NetApp SMI-S Provider","NetApp Storage Encryption","OnCommand API Services","OnCommand Balance","OnCommand Cloud Manager","OnCommand Insight","OnCommand Performance Manager (Unified Manager Performance Pkg)","OnCommand System Manager 9.x","OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package) ","OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP","OnCommand Workflow Automation","Open Systems SnapVault Agent","RAID Controller CTS2600 Legacy Engenio","Service Processor","Single Mailbox Recovery","Snap Creator Framework","SnapCenter","SnapDrive for Unix","SnapDrive for Windows","SnapManager for Exchange","SnapManager for Hyper-V","SnapManager for MS SQL","SnapManager for Oracle","SnapManager for SAP","SnapManager for Sharepoint","SnapProtect","Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 7.2 and above","Storage Services Connector","StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)","StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)","System Setup","Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 7.2 and above"],"kb_workarounds":"None at this time.","ntap_advisory_id":"NTAP-20160211-0001","adv_id":"ntap-20160211-0001","published_date":"2016-02-11T00:00:00","updated_date":"2019-02-04T00:00:00","inserted_date":"2025-05-27T05:01:20.459000","modified_date":null}}