CVE-2020-8492 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products

NetApp will continue to update this advisory as additional information becomes available.
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.

Advisory ID: NTAP-20200221-0001 Version: 7.0 Last updated: 01/06/2022 Status: Interim. CVEs: CVE-2020-8492

Overview

Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate Python. Python versions 2.7 through 2.7.17, 3.5 through 3.5.9, 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1 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).

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE	Score	Vector
CVE-2020-8492	7.5 (HIGH)	CVSS:3.1/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

https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-basic-auth-regex.html

Affected Products

NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Products Not Affected

7-Mode Transition Tool
AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Active IQ mobile app
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent
Cloud Manager
Cloud Secure Agent
Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
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
Element HealthTools
Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
FAS/AFF BIOS
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320/C190/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750/A800
Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
MAX Data
MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
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 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C
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 Management Node
NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
NetApp Storage Encryption
NetApp XCP NFS
NetApp XCP SMB
ONTAP Mediator
OnCommand Insight
OnCommand Workflow Automation
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
SolidFire Storage Replication Adapter
Storage Services Connector
StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
StorageGRID Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
System Manager 9.x
Trident

Remediation

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.

Product	First Fixed in Release
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)	NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) 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)

Revision History

Status of This Notice

Interim.

NetApp will continue to update this advisory as additional information becomes available.

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-20200221-0001

Revision History

Revision #	Date	Comments
1.0	20200221	Initial Public Release
2.0	20200226	ONTAP Mediator moved to Products Not Affected
3.0	20200324	NetApp XCP NFS moved to Products Not Affected
4.0	20200401	MAX Data moved to Products Not Affected
5.0	20200409	Element HealthTools moved to Products Not Affected
6.0	20200417	NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent moved to Products Not Affected
7.0	20220106	NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Won't Fix status

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