CVE-2018-14404 Libxml2 Vulnerability in NetApp Products

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Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate libxml2. Versions of libxml2 through 2.9.8 are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2018-14404 6.5 (MEDIUM) CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

References

Affected Products

  • Data ONTAP Edge
  • NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup
  • NetApp SMI-S Provider
  • ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP)
  • ONTAP Antivirus Connector
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Products Not Affected

  • 7-Mode Transition Tool
  • 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
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
  • E-Series SANtricity Unified Manager and Web Services Proxy
  • Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
  • FAS/AFF BIOS - 8300/8700/A400/C400
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - C190/A150/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
  • MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
  • NetApp BlueXP
  • NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
  • 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 ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit (PSTK)
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
  • NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
  • OnCommand Insight
  • OnCommand Plug-in for Microsoft
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation
  • Single Mailbox Recovery
  • Snap Creator Framework
  • SnapCenter
  • SnapDrive for Unix
  • SnapDrive for Windows
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above
  • 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

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.


Product First Fixed in Release
ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP) https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/ontap9/9.1P18/
https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/ontap9/9.3P12/
https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/ontap9/9.4P7/
https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/ontap9/9.5P10/
https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/ontap9/9.6/

Fixed under bug 1107084.
ONTAP Antivirus Connector https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/ontap-antivirus-connector/downloads-tab/download/63048/1.0.5/downloads
Data ONTAP Edge Data ONTAP Edge has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp SMI-S Provider https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/smis/5.2.5/
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/ontapselect-deploy/downloads-tab/download/62910/9.14.1

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)

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-20190719-0002

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20190719 Initial Public Release
2.0 20190724 NetApp SMI-S Provider added to Software Versions and Fixes
3.0 20191001 NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault), NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage moved to Products Not Affected
4.0 20191128 After additional review, SnapDrive for Windows moved to Products Not Affected
5.0 20200219 Clustered Data ONTAP added to Software Versions and Fixes
6.0 20200331 Storage Services Connector moved to Products Not Affected
7.0 20210105 NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup moved to Won't Fix status
8.0 20210315 Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector added to Software Versions and Fixes
9.0 20240307 ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility added to Software Versions and Fixes

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