December 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products
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Advisory ID: NTAP-20210122-0001 Version: 12.0 Last updated: 06/09/2022 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2020-29660, CVE-2020-29661
Summary
Multiple NetApp products incorporate Linux kernel. Linux kernel versions through 5.9.13 are susceptible to vulnerabilities which when successfully exploited could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).
Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).
Vulnerability Scoring Details
CVE | Score | Vector |
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CVE-2020-29660 | 7.8 (HIGH) | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2020-29661 | 7.8 (HIGH) | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Exploitation and Public Announcements
NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.
Affected Products
- AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
- NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
Products Not Affected
- 7-Mode Transition Tool
- ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
- ATTO FibreBridge - 7500N
- ATTO FibreBridge - 7600N
- Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
- Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
- Active IQ mobile app
- Astra Trident
- Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
- Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
- 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 Unified Manager and Web Services Proxy
- Element .NET SDK
- Element HealthTools
- Element JAVA SDK
- Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
- Element Python SDK
- FAS/AFF BIOS
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320/C190/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750/A800
- Global File Cache
- Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
- Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
- Inventory Collect Tool
- Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
- 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) - 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 Node BIOS
- 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 BIOS
- NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
- NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
- NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS)
- NetApp XCP NFS
- NetApp XCP SMB
- ONTAP Mediator
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
- OnCommand Insight
- OnCommand Workflow Automation
- Open Systems SnapVault Agent
- SAS Firmware
- SRA Plugin for Linux
- SRA Plugin for Windows
- Service Processor
- Single Mailbox Recovery
- Snap Creator Framework
- SnapCenter
- SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- SnapDrive for Unix
- SnapManager for Hyper-V
- SnapManager for Oracle
- SnapManager for SAP
- 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
- 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 |
---|---|
AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s |
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/firmware/system-firmware-diagnostics First fixed in version 1.87 under bug 1367803. |
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware |
First fixed in Brocade Fabric OS 9.1.0. NetApp supports version 9.1.0b. |
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) |
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information. |
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400 |
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/firmware/system-firmware-diagnostics Fixed by bug 1367811. First fixed versions include the following: 13.4P1 |
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C |
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C has no plans to address this vulnerability. |
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. |
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere |
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/activeiq-unified-manager/downloads-tab/download/62791/9.8P1/ |
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-20210122-0001
Revision History
Revision # | Date | Comments |
---|---|---|
1.0 | 20210122 | Initial Public Release |
2.0 | 20210202 | NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H300E/H500E/H700E/H410S moved to Products Not Affected |
3.0 | 20210212 | NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS), NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node, and NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) moved to Products Not Affected |
4.0 | 20210325 | Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere added to Software Versions and Fixes |
5.0 | 20210414 | FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400 added to Software Versions and Fixes |
6.0 | 20210420 | NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C moved to Affected Products |
7.0 | 20210423 | Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware moved to Affected Products |
8.0 | 20210518 | AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s added to Software Versions and Fixes |
9.0 | 20211012 | NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C moved to Won't Fix status |
10.0 | 20211101 | NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) moved to Won't Fix status |
11.0 | 20220106 | NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Won't Fix status |
12.0 | 20220609 | Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware added to Software Versions and Fixes, Final status |
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