May 7th 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities 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-20190517-0002 Version: 6.0 Last updated: 05/27/2022 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2018-20509, CVE-2019-11599, CVE-2019-11683

Overview

Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate Linux kernel. Linux kernel versions prior to 5.0.13 are susceptible to vulnerabilities which when successfully exploited could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE	Score	Vector
CVE-2018-20509	5.5 (MEDIUM)	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2019-11599	7.0 (HIGH)	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2019-11683	9.8 (CRITICAL)	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
SnapProtect

Products Not Affected

7-Mode Transition Tool
AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Active IQ mobile app
Astra Trident
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
Cloud Manager
Clustered Data ONTAP
Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager
E-Series SANtricity Unified Manager and Web Services Proxy
Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
FAS/AFF BIOS
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320/C190/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750/A800
Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
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 Nodes
NetApp Manageability SDK
NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
NetApp SMI-S Provider
NetApp SolidFire & 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 Insight
OnCommand Workflow Automation
Open Systems SnapVault Agent
SAS Firmware
Service Processor
Single Mailbox Recovery
Snap Creator Framework
SnapCenter
SnapManager for Hyper-V
SnapManager for SAP
Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above
Storage Services Connector
StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
StorageGRID Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
System Manager 9.x
Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above

Remediation

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.

Product	First Fixed in Release
SnapProtect	SnapProtect has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)	Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node	https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/element-software/downloads-tab/download/62654/12.5 https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/netapp-hci/downloads-tab/download/62542/1.10

Workarounds

For Active IQ Performance Analytics Services
Log in to all 3 EC2 instances and run 'yum update kernel' to install a kernel with version 5.0.13 or later.

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-20190517-0002

Revision History

Revision #	Date	Comments
1.0	20190517	Initial Public Release
2.0	20190531	SnapProtect moved to Won't Fix status
3.0	20190618	NetApp HCI Storage Nodes moved to Products Not Affected
4.0	20190731	Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610) moved to Won't Fix status
5.0	20200327	Active IQ Performance Analytics Services added to Software Versions and Fixes
6.0	20220527	NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node added to Software Versions and Fixes, Final status

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