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NTAP-20160321-0001 — CVE-2016-2842 OpenSSL Vulnerability in Multiple NetApp Products
Published 2016-03-21 · Updated 2019-07-24 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20160321-0001 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 · SnapCenter · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to a Denial of Service attack.
Affected products
- Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
- Clustered Data ONTAP
- Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp Host Agent
- NetApp SMI-S Provider
- OnCommand Balance
- OnCommand Performance Manager (Unified Manager Performance Pkg)
- OnCommand Report
- OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package)
- OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP
- OnCommand Workflow Automation
Official fixes
- OnCommand Workflow Automation — vendor fix ↗
- SnapCenter — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package) — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package) — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SMI-S Provider — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗
- Open Systems SnapVault Agent — vendor fix ↗
- Open Systems SnapVault Agent — vendor fix ↗
References
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