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NTAP-20171208-0002 — CVE-2016-6904 Plain Text Authentication vulnerability in VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP

Published 2017-12-08 · Updated 2017-12-08 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 8.1 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20171208-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 8.1

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2016-6904 — HIGH · CVSS 8.1 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2016-6904 — Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that accepts plain text authentication. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain authentication credentials.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to the disclosure of authentication credentials to an unauthenticated attacker.

Affected products

NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above

Official fixes

NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above — vendor fix ↗
NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above — 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.