CVE-2021-0127 Intel Processor Vulnerability in NetApp Products

circle-info 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.

Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate Intel chipsets and processors. Some Intel(R) Processors may allow a denial of service via local access. Refer to the vendor advisory INTEL-SA-00532 for specific version details.

Impact

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

Affected FAS/AFF BIOS platforms: AFF A800, AFF A320, AFF A400/FAS8300/FAS8700

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2021-0127 5.6 (MEDIUM) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

References

Affected Products

  • E-Series BIOS
  • FAS/AFF BIOS - 8300/8700/A400
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS
  • NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS
  • NetApp SolidFire BIOS

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 Control Center
  • Astra Control Center - NetApp Kubernetes Monitoring Operator
  • Astra Trident
  • Astra Trident Autosupport
  • BeeGFS CSI Driver
  • Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
  • Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
  • Cloud Data Sense
  • Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
  • Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent
  • Cloud Secure Agent
  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
  • E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager
  • E-Series SANtricity Unified Manager and Web Services Proxy
  • Element .NET SDK
  • Element HealthTools
  • Element JAVA SDK
  • Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
  • Element Powershell Tools
  • Element Python SDK
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320/C190/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750/A800
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A900/9500
  • FAS/AFF Service Processor - 8080/8060/8040/8020
  • Global File Cache
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
  • Inventory Collect Tool
  • Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
  • MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
  • NetApp BlueXP
  • 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/H410S
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
  • 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 Kubernetes Monitoring Operator
  • NetApp Manageability SDK
  • NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
  • NetApp SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
  • NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS)
  • NetApp XCP NFS
  • NetApp XCP SMB
  • ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP)
  • ONTAP Antivirus Connector
  • ONTAP Mediator
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
  • ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere
  • OnCommand Insight
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation
  • SANtricity Storage Plugin for vCenter
  • SAS Firmware
  • SRA Plugin for Linux
  • SRA Plugin for Windows
  • Single Mailbox Recovery
  • Snap Creator Framework
  • SnapCenter
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • SolidFire Storage Replication Adapter
  • Storage Services Connector
  • StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
  • StorageGRID BIOS SG1000/SG100
  • StorageGRID BIOS SG5660/SG5612/SG5760/SG5712
  • StorageGRID BIOS SG6060/SGF6024
  • StorageGRID Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
  • System Manager 9.x

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.


Product First Fixed in Release
FAS/AFF BIOS - 8300/8700/A400 https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/firmware/system-firmware-diagnostics

First fixed under bug 1456615 in BIOS versions: 13.13, 14.8, 16.7
NetApp SolidFire BIOS NetApp SolidFire BIOS has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.

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-20220210-0008

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20220210 Initial Public Release
2.0 20220211 Clustered Data ONTAP moved to Affected Products, and NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS), NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) moved to Products Not Affected
3.0 20220222 Tracking FAS/AFF BIOS instead of Clustered Data ONTAP as Affected Product, FAS/AFF BIOS added to Impact
4.0 20220307 NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS, NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS and NetApp SolidFire BIOS moved to Affected Products
5.0 20220401 NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node moved to Products Not Affected
6.0 20220412 ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility moved to Products Not Affected
7.0 20220414 Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere moved to Products Not Affected
8.0 20220811 FAS/AFF BIOS added to Software Versions and Fixes
9.0 20220907 NetApp SolidFire BIOS moved to Won't Fix status
10.0 20230106 E-Series BIOS moved to Affected Products

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