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NTAP-20161129-0001 — CVE-2016-7171 Non-Unique Certificate Vulnerability in NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup
Published 2016-11-29 · Updated 2016-11-29 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Not public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.6 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20161129-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Other NetApp products | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 5.6
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2016-7171 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.6 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2016-7171 — NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup prior to version 2.0.1 makes use of a non-unique server certificate, making it vulnerable to impersonation.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to spoofing of the NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup server and disclosure or modification of data-in-flight.
Affected products
- NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup
Official fixes
- NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup — vendor fix ↗
What to do
- Compare your installed product and version against the affected list above and the official advisory's affected-versions table.
- Apply the fixed release named in the official advisory, or the documented workaround if no fix ships yet.
- Limit management-plane exposure (BMC/management interfaces, web UIs, SNMP) until patched.
- Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.
Related reading
- Site CVE index — every CVE we track, split by year
- Security hub — recent NetApp advisories and what changed
- Security hardening baseline — applies to NetApp management planes generally
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2016