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NTAP-20171116-0001 — CVE-2017-15517 AltaVault OST Plug-in Sensitive Information Vulnerability
Published 2017-11-16 · Updated 2017-11-16 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Not public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.5 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20171116-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 5.5
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2017-15517 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2017-15517 — AltaVault OST Plug-in versions prior to 1.2.2 may allow attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. All users are urged to move to a fixed version and change passwords used by Veritas NetBackup to access the OST shares on the NetApp AltaVault as a precaution.
Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to disclosure of sensitive information.
Affected products
- NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
Official fixes
- NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in) — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in) — 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 2017