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NTAP-20171130-0003 — CVE-2016-6515 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2017-11-30 · Updated 2022-01-06 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20171130-0003 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Baseboard management controllers · Other NetApp products · ONTAP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · OnCommand family · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to a denial of service (DoS).
Affected products
- AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
- Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
- Clustered Data ONTAP
- Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
- OnCommand Balance
- OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP
- Service Processor
Official fixes
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) — vendor fix ↗
- AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Service Processor — vendor fix ↗
- Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610) — vendor fix ↗
- Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — vendor fix ↗
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗
References
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