CVE-2021-3156 Sudo Vulnerability in NetApp Products

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Advisory ID: NTAP-20210128-0002 Version: 13.0 Last updated: 03/07/2024 Status: Final. CVEs: CVE-2021-3156

Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate Sudo. Sudo versions prior to 1.9.5p2 are susceptible to a vulnerability 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 this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2021-3156 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.

References

Affected Products

  • Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
  • NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
  • ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9

Products Not Affected

  • AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
  • 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 Fabric Operating System Firmware
  • Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
  • Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
  • Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security Agent
  • Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent
  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
  • E-Series BIOS
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
  • 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 - 8300/8700/A400/C400
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f/C250
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - C190/A150/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750
  • Global File Cache
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
  • IOM6 SAS Disk Shelf Firmware
  • Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
  • MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
  • NetApp BlueXP
  • NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/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 Node BIOS
  • NetApp Manageability SDK
  • NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
  • NetApp ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit (PSTK)
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
  • NetApp XCP NFS
  • NetApp XCP SMB
  • ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP)
  • ONTAP Antivirus Connector
  • ONTAP Mediator
  • OnCommand Insight
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation
  • SRA Plugin for Linux
  • SRA Plugin for Windows
  • Single Mailbox Recovery
  • Snap Creator Framework
  • SnapCenter
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere/BlueXP backup and Recovery for Virtual Machine
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • SolidFire Storage Replication Adapter
  • StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
  • StorageGRID Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
  • StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
  • System Manager 9.x

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.


Product First Fixed in Release
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/activeiq-unified-manager/downloads-tab/download/62791/9.8P1
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/element-software/downloads-tab/download/62654/12.5
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/netapp-hci/downloads-tab/download/62542/1.10
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/ontapselect-deploy/downloads-tab/download/62910/9.14.1
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9 https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/otv/downloads-tab/download/63792/9.10/

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-20210128-0002

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20210128 Initial Public Release
2.0 20210129 NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) moved to Affected Products
3.0 20210201 NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS) moved to Products Not Affected
4.0 20210202 Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.6 and above, Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 9.6 and above, and NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.6 and above moved to Products Not Affected
5.0 20210203 NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent and NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node moved to Products Not Affected
6.0 20210205 After additional review NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) moved from Affected Products to Products Not Affected
7.0 20210308 Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere added to Software Versions and Fixes
8.0 20210323 ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility moved to Affected Products
9.0 20210604 After additional review Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 9.6 and above, Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.6 and above, NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.6 and above moved to Affected
10.0 20220106 NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Won't Fix status
11.0 20220225 ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere 9.10 added to Software Versions and Fixes
12.0 20220527 NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node added to Software Versions and Fixes
13.0 20240307 ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility added to Software Versions and Fixes, Final status

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