CVE-2018-3665 Lazy FPU State Restore Information Disclosure Vulnerability in NetApp Products
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Advisory ID: NTAP-20181016-0001 Version: 4.0 Last updated: 04/26/2021 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2018-3665
Summary
Multiple NetApp products incorporate Intel chipsets and processors. Some Intel processors are vulnerable to a speculative execution side channel attack that leverages the Lazy Floating Point Unit (FPU) state restore technique. This is a technique used to save and restore the FPU state during context switching between application processes. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
CVE | Score | Vector |
---|---|---|
CVE-2018-3665 | 4.3 (MEDIUM) | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Exploitation and Public Announcements
NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.
References
Affected Products
- NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
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 Web Services (REST API) for Web Services Proxy
- Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
- FAS/AFF BIOS
- Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
- Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
- MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
- NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent
- NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
- NetApp HCI Storage Nodes
- NetApp Manageability SDK
- NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
- NetApp SANtricity Cloud Connector
- NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
- NetApp SMI-S Provider
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- NetApp Storage Encryption
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.6 and above
- OnCommand API Services
- OnCommand Insight
- OnCommand Unified Manager Core Package
- OnCommand Workflow Automation
- Open Systems SnapVault Agent
- Service Processor
- Single Mailbox Recovery
- Snap Creator Framework
- SnapCenter
- SnapDrive for Unix
- SnapDrive for Windows
- SnapManager for Exchange
- SnapManager for Hyper-V
- SnapManager for MS SQL
- SnapManager for Oracle
- SnapManager for SAP
- SnapManager for Sharepoint
- Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.6 and above
- Storage Services Connector
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
- StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
- System Manager 9.x
- Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 9.6 and above
Software Versions and Fixes
NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.
Product | First Fixed in Release |
---|---|
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility |
https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/ontap_select/9.4.29/ |
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage |
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage 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
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-20181016-0001
Revision History
Revision # | Date | Comments |
---|---|---|
1.0 | 20181016 | Initial Public Release |
2.0 | 20181023 | FAS/AFF System Firmware moved to Products Not Affected |
3.0 | 20200901 | NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage moved to Won't Fix status |
4.0 | 20210426 | NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Products Not Affected, Final status |
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