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NTAP-20160201-0001 — January 2016 OpenSSL Vulnerabilities in Multiple NetApp Products
Published 2016-02-01 · Updated 2021-04-09 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20160201-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Other NetApp products · ONTAP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · OnCommand family · SnapManager / Snap utilities | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead may lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.
Affected products
- Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
- Clustered Data ONTAP
- Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
- Data ONTAP Edge
- Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp Host Agent
- NetApp Manageability SDK
- NetApp SMI-S Provider
- OnCommand Balance
- OnCommand Report
- OnCommand Unified Manager Core Package
Official fixes
- Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp Manageability SDK — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- SnapDrive for Unix — vendor fix ↗
- SnapDrive for Unix — vendor fix ↗
- SnapDrive for Unix — vendor fix ↗
- SnapDrive for Unix — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SMI-S Provider — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Workflow Automation — vendor fix ↗
- Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗
- Service Processor — vendor fix ↗
- Open Systems SnapVault Agent — vendor fix ↗
References
- https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#y2016 ↗
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160128.txt ↗
- https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-0701 ↗
- https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-3197 ↗
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 2016