CVE-2020-36516 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products
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Advisory ID: NTAP-20220331-0003 Version: 9.0 Last updated: 03/07/2024 Status: Interim. CVEs: CVE-2020-36516
Summary
Multiple NetApp products incorporate Linux Kernel. Linux Kernel versions through 5.16.11 are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to addition or modification of data or Denial of Service (DoS).
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to addition or modification of data or Denial of Service (DoS).
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400 version 13.10 is Affected
Vulnerability Scoring Details
CVE | Score | Vector |
---|---|---|
CVE-2020-36516 | 7.1 (HIGH) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L |
Exploitation and Public Announcements
NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.
Affected Products
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400
- 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 SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
Products Not Affected
- 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 mobile app
- Astra Control Center
- Astra Control Center - Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent
- Astra Control Center - NetApp Kubernetes Monitoring Operator
- Astra Trident
- Astra Trident Autosupport
- BlueXP Classification
- Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
- Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
- Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
- Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security Agent
- Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent
- E-Series BIOS
- 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 BIOS - 8300/8700/A400/C400
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f/C250
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A900/9500
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - C190/A150/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750
- FAS/AFF Service Processor - 8080/8060/8040/8020
- Global File Cache
- Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
- Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
- IOM6 SAS Disk Shelf Firmware
- Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
- MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
- Multipath I/O (SANtricity DSM for Windows MPIO)
- NetApp BlueXP
- NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent
- 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 ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit (PSTK)
- NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
- 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 9
- 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
- SnapManager for Hyper-V
- SolidFire Storage Replication Adapter
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
- StorageGRID BIOS SG1000/SG100
- StorageGRID BIOS SG5660/SG5612/SG5760/SG5712
- StorageGRID BIOS SG6060/SGF6024/SGF6112
- 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 |
---|---|
Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator |
https://cloudmanager.netapp.com Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator instances can be upgraded to 9.12 using NetApp BlueXP. |
E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x |
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/eseries-santricityos/downloads-tab/download/62735/11.70.4R1 |
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400 |
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/firmware/system-firmware-diagnostics/download/SYSTEM/30804160_ontap/BMC_FW_308-04160_13.10P1.zip |
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. |
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-20220331-0003
Revision History
Revision # | Date | Comments |
---|---|---|
1.0 | 20220331 | Initial Public Release |
2.0 | 20220412 | ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere and SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere moved to Products Not Affected |
3.0 | 20220419 | Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere moved to Affected Products |
4.0 | 20220531 | NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S and NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C moved to Affected Products |
5.0 | 20220613 | NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent moved to Products Not Affected |
6.0 | 20230404 | E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x added to Software Versions and Fixes |
7.0 | 20230510 | Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator added to Software Versions and Fixes |
8.0 | 20231222 | FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400 version 13.10 is Affected |
9.0 | 20240307 | FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400 added to Software Versions and Fixes |
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