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NTAP-20170509-0001 — CVE-2017-5689 Intel Management Engine Vulnerability in Multiple NetApp Products
Published 2017-05-09 · Updated 2017-05-10 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20170509-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: E-Series / SANtricity · Other NetApp products · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | other NetApp product
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote or local attacker to modify firmware and obtain unauthenticated privileged access to impacted systems.
Affected products
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 8.x
- FAS/AFF BIOS
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- Service Processor
References
- https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00075&languageid=en-fr ↗
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5689 ↗
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 2017