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NTAP-20150127-0001 — CVE-2015-0235 GNU C Library (glibc) Vulnerability in Multiple NetApp Products
Published 2015-01-27 · Updated 2018-03-20 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20150127-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Other NetApp products · ONTAP · OnCommand family · SnapManager / Snap utilities · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Affected products
- FlashRay
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 6.x
- NetApp VTL
- OnCommand Balance
- RapidData Migration Solution
- SnapDrive for Unix
- SnapProtect
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
- StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
Official fixes
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 6.x — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Balance — vendor fix ↗
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) — vendor fix ↗
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0235 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/9 ↗
- https://community.qualys.com/blogs/laws-of-vulnerabilities/2015/01/27/the-ghost-vulnerability ↗
What to do
- Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
- If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
- If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
- Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2015