CVE-2021-3516 Libxml2 Vulnerability in NetApp Products

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Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate libxml2. libxml2's xmllint versions prior to 2.9.11 are susceptible to a vulnerability 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 this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2021-3516 7.8 (HIGH) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

Affected Products

  • NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
  • 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
  • AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 7500N
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 7600N
  • 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
  • Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
  • Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
  • Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security Agent
  • Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent
  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
  • E-Series BIOS
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
  • E-Series SANtricity Unified Manager and Web Services Proxy
  • Element .NET SDK
  • Element HealthTools
  • Element JAVA SDK
  • Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
  • Element Python SDK
  • FAS/AFF BIOS - 8300/8700/A400/C400
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f/C250
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - C190/A150/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750
  • Global File Cache
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
  • IOM6 SAS Disk Shelf Firmware
  • Inventory Collect Tool
  • Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
  • MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
  • NetApp BlueXP
  • NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C
  • 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 ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit (PSTK)
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
  • NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
  • NetApp XCP NFS
  • NetApp XCP SMB
  • ONTAP Mediator
  • OnCommand Insight
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation
  • SANtricity Storage Plugin for vCenter
  • SRA Plugin for Linux
  • SRA Plugin for Windows
  • Single Mailbox Recovery
  • Snap Creator Framework
  • SnapCenter
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere/BlueXP backup and Recovery for Virtual Machine
  • SnapDrive for Unix
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • SnapManager for Oracle Windows
  • SolidFire Storage Replication Adapter
  • Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above
  • StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
  • StorageGRID BIOS SG1000/SG100
  • StorageGRID BIOS SG5660/SG5612/SG5760/SG5712
  • StorageGRID BIOS SG6060/SGF6024/SGF6112
  • 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/site/products/all/details/ontap9/downloads-tab/download/62286/9.5P18/
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/ontap9/downloads-tab/download/62286/9.6P16/
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/ontap9/downloads-tab/download/62286/9.7P15/
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/ontap9/downloads-tab/download/62286/9.8P7/
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/ontap9/downloads-tab/download/62286/9.9.1P2/

Fixed under bug 1403434.
ONTAP Antivirus Connector https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/ontap-antivirus-connector/downloads-tab/download/63048/1.0.4P1
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp SMI-S Provider https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/netapp-smis-provider/downloads-tab/download/62215/5.2.6P3
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-20210716-0005

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20210716 Initial Public Release
2.0 20210816 Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector added to Software Versions and Fixes
3.0 20210827 Clustered Data ONTAP added to Software Versions and Fixes
4.0 20210909 Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere moved to Products Not Affected
5.0 20210910 Clustered Data ONTAP 9.5P18 added to Software Versions and Fixes
6.0 20210927 Clustered Data ONTAP 9.8P7 added to Software Versions and Fixes
7.0 20211007 NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C and NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H300E/H500E/H700E/H410S moved to Won't Fix status
8.0 20211008 SnapDrive for Unix moved to Products Not Affected
9.0 20211108 NetApp SMI-S Provider added to Software Versions and Fixes
10.0 20220106 NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Won't Fix status
11.0 20220701 SnapManager for Oracle Windows moved to Products Not Affected
12.0 20240307 ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility added to Software Versions and Fixes

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