Summary

Clustered Data ONTAP versions prior to 9.3P20 and 9.5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which could allow an authenticated but unauthorized attacker to overwrite arbitrary data when VMware vStorage support is enabled.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated but unauthorized attacker to modify data.

Vulnerability Scoring Details

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is not aware of public discussion regarding this vulnerability.

Affected Products

• Clustered Data ONTAP

Products Not Affected

• 7-Mode Transition Tool
• ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
• Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Linux 7.3 and above
• Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for VMware vSphere 9.5 and above
• Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Windows 7.3 and above
• Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
• Brocade Network Advisor Software
• 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 Plug-in for vCenter Server
• FAS/AFF BIOS
• FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
• 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 Manageability SDK
• NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
• NetApp SANtricity Cloud Connector
• NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
• NetApp SMI-S Provider
• NetApp Service Level Manager
• NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
• NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
• NetApp Storage Encryption
• NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.2 and above
• ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
• OnCommand API Services
• OnCommand Cloud Manager
• OnCommand Insight
• OnCommand System Manager 9.x
• OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (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 7.2 and above
• Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for Windows 7.2 and above
• Storage Services Connector
• StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
• StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
• Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 7.2 and above

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.

Workarounds

Disable VMware vStorage support.

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-20210119-0001

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