CVE-2019-15903 Expat Vulnerability in NetApp Products

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Advisory ID: NTAP-20190926-0004 Version: 12.0 Last updated: 11/01/2021 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2019-15903

Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate Expat. Expat versions prior to 2.2.8 are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

ONTAP: Only affects systems using FabricPool without TLS.

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2019-15903 7.5 (HIGH) CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

References

Affected Products

  • 7-Mode Transition Tool
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
  • Clustered Data ONTAP
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
  • NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
  • NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation

Products Not Affected

  • AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
  • Active IQ mobile app
  • Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
  • Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
  • Cloud Manager
  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
  • Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
  • Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
  • E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager
  • E-Series SANtricity Web Services (REST API) for Web Services Proxy
  • Element HealthTools
  • 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 (formerly AltaVault)
  • NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
  • NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent
  • NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H300E/H500E/H700E/H410S
  • 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 Cloud Connector
  • NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
  • NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
  • NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • NetApp Storage Encryption
  • NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
  • OnCommand Insight
  • Open Systems SnapVault Agent
  • SANtricity Unified Manager
  • SAS Firmware
  • Service Processor
  • Single Mailbox Recovery
  • Snap Creator Framework
  • SnapCenter
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
  • SnapDrive for Unix
  • SnapManager for Exchange
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • SnapManager for Oracle
  • SnapManager for SAP
  • SnapManager for Sharepoint
  • SolidFire Storage Replication Adapter
  • 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
  • Trident
  • 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
Clustered Data ONTAP https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/ontap9/9.7/
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/activeiq_um/9.6P1/
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
7-Mode Transition Tool https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/7-modetransitiontool/downloads-tab/download/61584/3.3.3
OnCommand Workflow Automation https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/ocwfa/5.1/
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/5d9f1108e01d9c0001ee51dd/downloads-tab/download/62542/Compute_Firmware_Bundle
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/element-software/downloads-tab/download/62654/Storage_Firmware_Bundle

First included in Compute Firmware Bundle version 2.27

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-20190926-0004

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20190926 Initial Public Release
2.0 20191001 Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for VMware vSphere 9.5 and above moved to Affected Products
3.0 20191007 FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), Service Processor moved to Products Not Affected
4.0 20191119 Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for VMware vSphere 9.5 and above added to Software Versions and Fixes
5.0 20191204 Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator moved to Products Not Affected
6.0 20200124 Clustered Data ONTAP added to Software Versions and Fixes
7.0 20200323 OnCommand Workflow Automation added to Software Versions and Fixes
8.0 20200422 Added ONTAP note to Impact
9.0 20200901 NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage moved to Won't Fix status
10.0 20201012 NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S and added to Software Versions and Fixes
11.0 20210210 7-Mode Transition Tool added to Software Versions and Fixes
12.0 20211101 NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) moved to Won't Fix status, Final status

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