CVE-2016-6904 Plain Text Authentication vulnerability in VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP
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Advisory ID: NTAP-20171208-0002 Version: 1.0 Last updated: 12/08/2017 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2016-6904
Summary
Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that accepts plain text authentication. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain authentication credentials.
Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to the disclosure of authentication credentials to an unauthenticated attacker.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
| CVE | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-6904 | 5.9 (MEDIUM) | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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.
Affected Products
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
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 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 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)
- NetApp Storage Encryption
- 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 |
|---|---|
| NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above |
https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/vasa_cdot/7.1/ https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/vasa_cdot/7.0P1/ |
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
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-20171208-0002
Revision History
| Revision # | Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 20171208 | Initial Public Release, Final status |
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