Summary

The NetApp HCI H610C, H615C and H610S Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC) are shipped with a documented default account and password that should be changed during the initial node setup.

During upgrades to Element 11.8 and 12.0 or the Compute Firmware Bundle 12.2.92 the BMC account password on the H610C, H615C and H610S platforms is reset to the default documented value which could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

Impact

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

This affects the BMCs of the NetApp HCI H610C, H615C and H610S platforms.

The vulnerability is addressed by following the "Changing the default IPMI password for H610C, H615C, and H610S nodes" documentation used during the initial setup - an Element update is not required.

While the BMC firmware update requires a reboot of the BMC, the process is nondisruptive to Element.

Element and the Compute Firmware Bundle will be patched to prevent the BMC password reset during future upgrades.

Continue to monitor the advisory for updates.   

Vulnerability Scoring Details

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

Affected Products

• NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C
• NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
• NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C

Products Not Affected

• 7-Mode Transition Tool
• AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
• ATTO FibreBridge
• Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Linux 7.3 and above
• Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for VMware vSphere 9.5 and above
• Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Windows 7.3 and above
• Active IQ mobile app
• Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
• Brocade Network Advisor Software
• Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
• Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent
• Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
• Clustered Data ONTAP
• Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
• Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
• E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - EF600A
• E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
• E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager
• E-Series SANtricity Web Services (REST API) for Web Services Proxy
• Element .NET SDK
• Element HealthTools
• Element JAVA SDK
• Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
• Element Python SDK
• FAS/AFF BIOS
• FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
• FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400
• Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
• Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
• Inventory Collect Tool
• MAX Data
• Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
• 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 E-Series Performance Analyzer
• NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H300E/H500E/H700E/H410S
• NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
• 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 Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup
• NetApp SANtricity Cloud Connector
• NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
• NetApp SMI-S Provider
• NetApp Service Level Manager
• NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
• NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
• NetApp SolidFire BIOS
• NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
• NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
• NetApp Storage Encryption
• NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.2 and above
• NetApp XCP NFS
• NetApp XCP SMB
• ONTAP Mediator
• ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
• OnCommand API Services
• OnCommand Cloud Manager
• OnCommand Insight
• OnCommand System Manager 3.x
• OnCommand System Manager 9.x
• OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package)
• OnCommand Workflow Automation
• Open Systems SnapVault Agent
• RAID Controller CTS2600 Legacy Engenio
• SANtricity Unified Manager
• SAS Firmware
• SRA Plugin for Linux
• SRA Plugin for Windows
• Service Processor
• Single Mailbox Recovery
• Snap Creator Framework
• SnapCenter
• SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
• 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
• SolidFire Storage Replication Adapter
• Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 7.2 and above
• Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for Windows 7.2 and above
• Storage Services Connector
• StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
• StorageGRID Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
• StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
• Trident
• Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 7.2 and above

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.

Workarounds

Follow the documented procedure to change the default IPMI password for NetApp HCI H610C, H615C or H610S nodes:
https://docs.netapp.com/hci/topic/com.netapp.doc.hci-ude-17P1/GUID-27613B99-3761-4515-88DF-20D3386D266A.html

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

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-20200626-0001

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