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NTAP-20171208-0001 — December 2017 OpenSSL Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products
Published 2017-12-08 · Updated 2021-04-09 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20171208-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Other NetApp products · ONTAP · E-Series / SANtricity · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · OnCommand family · SnapCenter · SnapManager / Snap utilities · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information or allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions.
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
- 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
- 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 SANtricity SMI-S Provider
Official fixes
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- SnapDrive for Unix — vendor fix ↗
- SnapDrive for Windows — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SMI-S Provider — vendor fix ↗
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp Storage Encryption — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager Core Package — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager Core Package — vendor fix ↗
- SnapCenter — vendor fix ↗
- SnapCenter — 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