Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate Python. Python versions prior to 3.11.1 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).

ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP):
Version 9.7 did not include Python and is not affected.

Vulnerability Scoring Details

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

References

• https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/98433

Affected Products

• Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
• Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
• NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer
• NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
• NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
• ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP)
• ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Products Not Affected

• 7-Mode Transition Tool
• AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
• ATTO FibreBridge - 7500N
• ATTO FibreBridge - 7600N
• Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
• Active IQ mobile app
• Astra Control Center
• Astra Control Center - NetApp Kubernetes Monitoring Operator
• Astra Trident
• Astra Trident Autosupport
• BlueXP Classification
• 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 Powershell Tools
• Element Python SDK
• FAS/AFF BIOS - 8300/8700/A400/C400
• FAS/AFF BIOS - A250/500f/C250
• FAS/AFF BIOS - A300/8200/A200/2650/2620/C190/A220/2720/2750/A150
• FAS/AFF BIOS - A320
• FAS/AFF BIOS - A700/9000
• FAS/AFF BIOS - A700s
• FAS/AFF BIOS - A800/C800
• FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500
• 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) - A900/9500
• FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - C190/A150/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750
• FAS/AFF Service Processor - A300/8200/A200/2650/2620
• FAS/AFF Service Processor - A700/9000
• Global File Cache
• Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
• Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
• IOM6 SAS Disk Shelf Firmware
• Inventory Collect Tool
• MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
• Multipath I/O (SANtricity DSM for Windows MPIO)
• NetApp BlueXP
• NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent
• NetApp E-Series Host Collection
• NetApp E-Series SANtricity Collection
• 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 BIOS
• NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS
• NetApp Kubernetes Monitoring Operator
• NetApp Manageability SDK
• NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
• NetApp ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit (PSTK)
• NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
• NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
• NetApp XCP NFS
• NetApp XCP SMB
• ONTAP Antivirus Connector
• ONTAP Mediator
• ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9
• OnCommand Insight
• OnCommand Workflow Automation
• SANtricity Storage Plugin for vCenter
• 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 BIOS SG1000/SG100/SG1100/SG110
• StorageGRID BIOS SG5660/SG5612/SG5760/SG5712
• StorageGRID BIOS SG6060/SGF6024/SGF6112/SG6160
• StorageGRID Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - SG6060/SG6160/SGF6024/SGF6112/SG100/SG110/SG1000/SG1100
• System Manager 9.x

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.

Workarounds

NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer:
Edit the .env file and modify the value of the CONTAINER_PYTHON_TAG variable to a patched version of Python. After the file is updated restart the services using the 'make restart' command.

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

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-20221209-0007

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