CVE-2018-3693 Processor Speculative Execution Branch Prediction Vulnerability in NetApp Products

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Advisory ID: NTAP-20180823-0001 Version: 7.0 Last updated: 05/27/2022 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2018-3693

Summary

Most modern systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a speculative buffer overflow and side-channel analysis.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information.

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2018-3693 5.6 (MEDIUM) CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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.

References

Affected Products

  • NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
  • NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage

Products Not Affected

  • 7-Mode Transition Tool
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
  • Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
  • Cloud Manager
  • Clustered Data ONTAP
  • Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
  • Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 8.x
  • E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager
  • E-Series SANtricity Unified Manager and Web Services Proxy
  • Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
  • FAS/AFF BIOS
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320/C190/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750/A800
  • 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 Converged Systems Advisor Agent
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS
  • NetApp HCI Storage Nodes
  • NetApp Manageability SDK
  • NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
  • NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
  • OnCommand Insight
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation
  • Open Systems SnapVault Agent
  • Service Processor
  • Single Mailbox Recovery
  • Snap Creator Framework
  • SnapCenter
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • SnapManager for SAP
  • Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above
  • Storage Services Connector
  • StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
  • StorageGRID Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
  • StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
  • System Manager 9.x
  • Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.


Product First Fixed in Release
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/element-software/downloads-tab/download/62654/12.5
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/netapp-hci/downloads-tab/download/62542/1.10
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.

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-20180823-0001

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20180823 Initial Public Release
2.0 20181023 FAS/AFF System Firmware moved to Products Not Affected
3.0 20181105 NetApp SolidFire Element OS Management Node moved to Affected Products and NetApp HCI Compute Nodes moved to Products Not Affected
4.0 20190109 Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode moved to Products Not Affected
5.0 20200901 NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage moved to Won't Fix status
6.0 20220106 NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Won't Fix status
7.0 20220527 NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node added to Software Versions and Fixes, Final status

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