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NTAP-20170831-0003 — CVE-2016-1895 Unsafe User Input String Vulnerability in Data ONTAP

Published 2017-08-31 · Updated 2017-08-31 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 6.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20170831-0003 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 6.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2016-1895 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2016-1895 — NetApp Data ONTAP before 8.2.5 and 8.3.x before 8.3.2P12 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to unsafe user input string handling.

Impact

An authenticated user may cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition by entering crafted strings into certain commands or APIs.

Affected products

Clustered Data ONTAP
Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode

Official fixes

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