CVE-2017-8919 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in OnCommand API Services

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Advisory ID: NTAP-20170718-0001 Version: 1.0 Last updated: 07/18/2017 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2017-8919

Summary

All versions of OnCommand API Services prior to 1.2P3 log the LDAP BIND password entered into the Authentication Setup Option when a local or domain user attempts to log into the OnCommand API Services REST API web page. All users are urged to move to a fixed version and then change the LDAP BIND password previously entered into the Authentication Setup Option as a precaution.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to disclosure of sensitive information.

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2017-8919 7.7 (HIGH) CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

Affected Products

  • OnCommand API Services

Products Not Affected

  • 7-Mode Transition Tool
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
  • Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
  • Cloud Manager
  • Clustered Data ONTAP
  • Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
  • E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager
  • E-Series SANtricity Web Services (REST API) for Web Services Proxy
  • FAS/AFF BIOS
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
  • MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
  • NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
  • NetApp Manageability SDK
  • NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
  • NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
  • OnCommand Insight
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation
  • Open Systems SnapVault Agent
  • Service Processor
  • Single Mailbox Recovery
  • Snap Creator Framework
  • SnapCenter
  • SnapDrive for Unix
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • SnapManager for Oracle
  • SnapManager for SAP
  • Storage Services Connector
  • StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
  • System Manager 9.x

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.


Product First Fixed in Release
OnCommand API Services http://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/oncommand_api/1.2P3/

Workarounds

1.       Modify the Logger section "level" field value to "OFF" from the default value ("ALL") in the file /mnt/apis/config/apiserver/apiservice/logging-config.xml and save the changed file.

    </Logger>
        <Logger name="org.dozer" level="ALL" additivity="false">
        <AppenderRef ref="othersAppender" level="${sys:system.log.level}"/>
        <AppenderRef ref="syslogAppender" level="${sys:syslog.log.level}"/>
    </Logger>

2.       Restart OnCommand API Services

 

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-20170718-0001

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20170718 Initial Public Release and Final status

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