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NTAP-20171107-0002 — CVE-2017-3736 OpenSSL Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2017-11-07 · Updated 2021-01-05 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20171107-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: ONTAP · E-Series / SANtricity · Other NetApp products · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · OnCommand family · SnapCenter · SnapManager / Snap utilities · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability that could allow an attacker to recover encryption keys and access protected communications.
Affected products
- Clustered Data ONTAP
- Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
- Data ONTAP Edge
- Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
- Management Network Switch (NetApp CN1601)
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
- NetApp Host Agent
- NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup
- NetApp SMI-S Provider
- NetApp Storage Encryption
Official fixes
- OnCommand Workflow Automation — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Workflow Automation — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package) — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package) — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SMI-S Provider — vendor fix ↗
- SnapDrive for Windows — vendor fix ↗
- SnapDrive for Unix — vendor fix ↗
- Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in) — vendor fix ↗
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3735 ↗
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20171102.txt ↗
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 2017