CVE-2016-6515 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products

This advisory should be considered the single source of current, up-to-date, authorized and accurate information from NetApp regarding Full Support products and versions.

Advisory ID: NTAP-20171130-0003 Version: 15.0 Last updated: 01/06/2022 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2016-6515: OpenSSH vulnerability

Overview

Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate the OpenSSH software libraries. OpenSSH versions below 7.3 are susceptible to a vulnerability that may be exploited to allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS). This advisory will be updated as additional information becomes available.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to a denial of service (DoS).

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE	Score	Vector
CVE-2016-6515	7.5 (HIGH)	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

References

https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-6515

Affected Products

AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
Clustered Data ONTAP
Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
OnCommand Balance
OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP
Service Processor
StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)

Products Not Affected

7-Mode Transition Tool
ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
Cloud Manager
Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
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 OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
NetApp Manageability SDK
NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
NetApp SMI-S Provider
NetApp Storage Encryption
OnCommand Insight
OnCommand Unified Manager Core Package
OnCommand Workflow Automation
Open Systems SnapVault Agent
Perfstat
Single Mailbox Recovery
Snap Creator Framework
SnapCenter
SnapDrive for Unix
SnapManager for Hyper-V
SnapManager for Oracle
SnapManager for SAP
Storage Services Connector
System Manager 9.x

Remediation

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.

Product	First Fixed in Release
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage	NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)	https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/storagegrid_webscale/11.1/
AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s	https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/firmware/system-firmware-diagnostics The first fixed version is 1.81. To download the patch, choose “Service Image” from the AFF_A700s “System Firmware + Diagnostics Download” page.
NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above	https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/vasa_cdot/7.0/
Clustered Data ONTAP	https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/ontap/9.1/
OnCommand Balance	OnCommand Balance has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP	7.0GA
Service Processor	https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/serviceimage/support/ Fixed by bug 1029897. First fixed versions include the following: SP_1.4.3/1.4.4, 2.2.4/2.2.5, 3.0.3/3.0.4, 1.5.2P1, 2.3.2P1, 3.1.2P2, 1.6.1, 2.4.1, 3.2.1, 4.0, 5.0
Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)	https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/sanswitch/fcp/NetApp/cn1610cm/
Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode	http://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/ontap/8.2.5/
NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)	https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/solidfire/11.0/
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility	https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/ontap_select/9.3.26/
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)	NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.

Workarounds

None at this time.

Obtaining Software Fixes

Software fixes will be made available through the NetApp Support website in the Software Download section.

https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/

Customers who do not have access to the Support website should contact Technical Support at the number below to obtain the patches.

Contact Information

Check http://mysupport.netapp.com for further updates.
For questions, contact NetApp at:

Technical Support
mysupport.netapp.com
1 888 4 NETAPP (1 888 463 8277) (U.S. and Canada)
+00 800 44 638277 (EMEA/Europe)
+800 800 80 800 (Asia/Pacific)

Revision History

Status of This Notice

Final.

This advisory should be considered the single source of current, up-to-date, authorized and accurate information from NetApp regarding Full Support products and versions.

This advisory is posted at the following link:
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/NTAP-20171130-0003

Revision History

Revision #	Date	Comments
1.0	20171130	Initial Public Release
2.0	20171222	Clustered Data ONTAP added to Software Versions and Fixes
3.0	20180122	OnCommand Balance moved to Won't Fix status
4.0	20180402	Service Processor added to Software Versions and Fixes
5.0	20180420	NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage moved to Affected Products
6.0	20180423	NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.0 and above added to Software Versions and Fixes
7.0	20180712	ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility added to Software Versions and Fixes
8.0	20180725	StorageGRID Webscale added to Software Versions and Fixes
9.0	20180823	Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610) added to Software Versions and Fixes
10.0	20181016	NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Affected Products
11.0	20181211	Element Software (formerly SolidFire Element OS) added to Software Versions and Fixes
12.0	20190830	AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) moved to Affected Products
13.0	20200901	NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage moved to Won't Fix status
14.0	20201119	AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s added to Software Versions and Fixes
15.0	20220106	NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Won't Fix status, Final status

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