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NTAP-20170815-0002 — CVE-2017-12859 Denial of Service Vulnerability in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode

Published 2017-08-15 · Updated 2017-10-11 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.9 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20170815-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.9

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2017-12859 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2017-12859 — NetApp Data ONTAP before 8.2.5, when operating in 7-Mode in NFS environments, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability will allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition to affected versions of Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode in NFS environments.

Affected products

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode

Official fixes

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗
Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗

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.