September 2018 Intel Converged Security Management Engine Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

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Advisory ID: NTAP-20180924-0003 Version: 12.0 Last updated: 01/06/2022 Status: Interim. CVEs: CVE-2018-3655, CVE-2018-3657, CVE-2018-3658, CVE-2018-3659, CVE-2018-3616

Summary

Intel AMT in Intel CSME firmware versions prior to 12.0.5 and Intel PTT module in Intel CSME firmware versions prior to 12.0.5 as well as Intel TXE firmware versions prior to 4.0 are susceptible to vulnerabilities which when exploited could lead to privilege escalation, disclosure of sensitive information, Denial of Service(DoS), or arbitrary code execution.

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to privilege escalation, disclosure of sensitive information, Denial of Service(DoS), or arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2018-3616 7.4 (HIGH) CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVE-2018-3655 7.3 (HIGH) CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVE-2018-3657 6.7 (MEDIUM) CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2018-3658 5.3 (MEDIUM) CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVE-2018-3659 6.8 (MEDIUM) CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

References

Affected Products

  • NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
  • NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage

Products Not Affected

  • 7-Mode Transition Tool
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
  • Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
  • Cloud Manager
  • Clustered Data ONTAP
  • Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
  • Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 8.x
  • E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager
  • E-Series SANtricity Web Services (REST API) for Web Services Proxy
  • Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
  • 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 Converged Systems Advisor Agent
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS
  • NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS
  • NetApp Manageability SDK
  • NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
  • NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
  • NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • NetApp Storage Encryption
  • NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
  • OnCommand Insight
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation
  • Open Systems SnapVault Agent
  • Service Processor
  • Single Mailbox Recovery
  • Snap Creator Framework
  • SnapCenter
  • SnapDrive for Unix
  • SnapManager for Exchange
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • SnapManager for Oracle
  • SnapManager for SAP
  • Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above
  • Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for Windows 7.2 and above
  • Storage Services Connector
  • StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
  • StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
  • System Manager 9.x
  • Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above

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.
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.

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)

Status of This Notice

Interim.

NetApp will continue to update this advisory as additional information becomes available.

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-20180924-0003

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20180924 Initial Public Release
2.0 20181022 OnCommand Unified Manager for VMware vSphere 7.3 and above moved to Affected Products
3.0 20181106 Clustered Data ONTAP moved to Products Not Affected
4.0 20181116 NetApp HCI Compute Nodes, NetApp HCI Storage Nodes, NetApp SolidFire Element OS Management Node, and SolidFire Element OS moved to Affected Products
5.0 20190221 After additional review, OnCommand Unified Manager for VMware vSphere 9.4 and above moved to Products Not Affected
6.0 20190320 FAS/AFF System Firmware moved to Products Not Affected
7.0 20190328 Element System Firmware, NetApp HCI Compute Nodes and NetApp HCI Storage Nodes moved to Affected Products, Element Software Management Node and Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode moved to Products Not Affected
8.0 20190515 NetApp HCI System Firmware moved to Affected Products
9.0 20200327 NetApp HCI BIOS Storage System Firmware moved to Affected Products
10.0 20200421 After additional review NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS and NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS moved from Affected Products to Products Not Affected
11.0 20200901 NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage moved to Won't Fix status
12.0 20220106 NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Won't Fix status

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