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NTAP-20160114-0002 — CVE-2015-7886 HTTPD Access Control Bypass Vulnerability in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode

Published 2016-01-14 · Updated 2016-01-14 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Not public · Severity: LOW 3.7 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20160114-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 3.7

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2015-7886 — LOW · CVSS 3.7 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2015-7886 — NetApp Data ONTAP before 8.2.4P1, when 7-Mode and HTTP access are enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive volume information via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthorized information disclosure on the affected volumes.

Affected products

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode

Official fixes

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗

References

http://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&Display=958815 ↗

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.