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NTAP-20160930-0001 — CVE-2016-2776 ISC BIND Vulnerability in Multiple NetApp Products
Published 2016-09-30 · Updated 2018-12-11 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20160930-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: ONTAP · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by remote attackers could result in a denial-of-service (DoS).
Affected products
- Clustered Data ONTAP
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.2 and above
Official fixes
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.2 and above — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
References
- https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2016/09/27/ISC-Releases-Security-Updates-BIND ↗
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01419/0 ↗
- https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-2776 ↗
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