Intel SA-00390 BIOS Firmware Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

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Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate Intel technology. The BIOS platform sample code for some Intel Processors is susceptible to vulnerabilities which when successfully exploited could allow disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS). Refer to the vendor advisory INTEL-SA-00390 for specific version details.

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

FAS/AFF BIOS is only affected by CVE-2020-8739 in the following platforms:
AFF-A800, AFF-A320, AFF-A400, FAS8300, FAS8700, AFF-A250, FAS500f

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2020-8738 7.5 (HIGH) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-8739 4.6 (MEDIUM) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVE-2020-8740 6.7 (MEDIUM) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVE-2020-8764 8.2 (HIGH) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

References

Affected Products

  • FAS/AFF BIOS
  • NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS
  • NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS
  • NetApp SolidFire BIOS

Products Not Affected

  • 7-Mode Transition Tool
  • AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 7500N
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 7600N
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
  • Active IQ mobile app
  • Astra Trident
  • Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
  • 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 BIOS
  • 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 .NET SDK
  • Element HealthTools
  • Element JAVA SDK
  • Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
  • Element Python SDK
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400
  • 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) - 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 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 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
  • SANtricity Unified Manager
  • 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 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)
  • System Manager 9.x

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.


Product First Fixed in Release
NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/element-software/downloads-tab/download/62654/Storage_Firmware_Bundle/downloads

Fixed in 2.146.2.
NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/netapp-hci/downloads-tab/download/62542/Compute_Firmware_Bundle/downloads

Fixed in 2.146.2.
NetApp SolidFire BIOS https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/element-software/downloads-tab/download/62654/Storage_Firmware_Bundle/downloads

Fixed in 2.146.2.
FAS/AFF BIOS https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/firmware/system-firmware-diagnostics

First fixed under bug 1373530 in BIOS versions: 13.10, 14.5, 16.4, 17.2
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)

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-20210122-0008

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20210122 Initial Public Release
2.0 20210127 E-Series BIOS moved to Products Not Affected, and FAS/AFF BIOS moved to Affected Products
3.0 20210216 Impact note added for FAS/AFF BIOS
4.0 20210223 Impact updated with affected FAS/AFF BIOS platforms
5.0 20210924 FAS/AFF BIOS added to Software Versions and Fixes
6.0 20220106 NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Won't Fix status
7.0 20220223 NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS, NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS, and NetApp SolidFire BIOS added to Software Versions and Fixes, Final status

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