CVE-2021-27797 Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware Vulnerability

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Advisory ID: NTAP-20220216-0001 Version: 1.0 Last updated: 02/16/2022 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2021-27797

Summary

Brocade Fabric OS before v8.2.1c, v8.1.2h, and all versions of Brocade Fabric OS v8.0.x and v7.x contain documented hard-coded credentials, which could allow attackers to gain access to the system.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow attackers to gain access to the system.

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2021-27797 7.5 (HIGH) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

References

Affected Products

  • Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware

Products Not Affected

  • 7-Mode Transition Tool
  • AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
  • AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A900
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
  • 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
  • Astra Trident Autosupport
  • BeeGFS CSI Driver
  • Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
  • Cloud Data Sense
  • Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
  • Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent
  • Cloud Manager
  • Cloud Secure Agent
  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
  • Clustered Data ONTAP
  • Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
  • E-Series BIOS
  • 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 Powershell Tools
  • Element Python SDK
  • FAS/AFF BIOS
  • 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
  • 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 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 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 Kubernetes Monitoring Operator
  • NetApp Manageability SDK
  • NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
  • NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
  • NetApp SolidFire BIOS
  • NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
  • NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • NetApp Storage Encryption
  • NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS)
  • NetApp XCP NFS
  • NetApp XCP SMB
  • NextGen API
  • ONTAP Mediator
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
  • ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere
  • OnCommand Insight
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation
  • Open Systems SnapVault Agent
  • SANtricity Storage Plugin for vCenter
  • 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
  • SnapManager for Exchange
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • SnapManager for Oracle
  • SnapManager for Oracle Windows
  • SnapManager for SAP
  • 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
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
The enforcement of mandatory password change was effective in Brocade Fabric OS versions Brocade Fabric OS v.9.0.0, v8.2.1c, v8.1.2h, and higher versions. Brocade recommends upgrading to these versions or later to receive the security update.

Workarounds

Brocade Fabric OS Administration Guide mandates changing "default Account Password”. Customers running all versions of Brocade Fabric OS versions must change the default passwords for these accounts.

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-20220216-0001

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20220216 Initial Public Release, Final status

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