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NTAP-20180117-0001 — January 2018 Java Platform Standard Edition Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products
Published 2018-01-17 · Updated 2021-01-05 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 8.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · E-Series / SANtricity · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · Other NetApp products · ONTAP · OnCommand family · SnapManager / Snap utilities · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 8.3
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2018-2638 — HIGH · CVSS 8.3 · site index
- CVE-2018-2639 · site index
- CVE-2018-2633 · site index
- CVE-2018-2627 · site index
- CVE-2018-2637 · site index
- CVE-2018-2634 · site index
- CVE-2018-2582 · site index
- CVE-2018-2641 · site index
- CVE-2018-2618 · site index
- CVE-2018-2629 · site index
- CVE-2018-2603 · site index
- CVE-2018-2657 · site index
- CVE-2018-2599 · site index
- CVE-2018-2581 · site index
- CVE-2018-2602 · site index
- CVE-2018-2677 · site index
- CVE-2018-2678 · site index
- CVE-2018-2588 · site index
- CVE-2018-2663 · site index
- CVE-2018-2675 · site index
- CVE-2018-2579 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2018-2638 — Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Deployment). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 8u152 and 9.0.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Java SE, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Java SE. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to a takeover of Java, a partial denial of service (DoS) of Java, or to the unauthorized reading or modification of a subset or all of the data accessible to the Java process.
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for VMware vSphere 9.5 and above
- Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Windows 7.3 and above
- E-Series SANtricity Management Plug-ins (Microsoft System Center (SCOM))
- E-Series SANtricity Management Plug-ins (VMware SRA)
- E-Series SANtricity Management Plug-ins (VMware VASA (Windows))
- E-Series SANtricity Management Plug-ins (VMware vCenter (Linux))
- E-Series SANtricity Management Plug-ins (VMware vCenter)
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
- E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager
- E-Series SANtricity Web Services (REST API) for Web Services Proxy
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup
Official fixes
- SnapManager for Oracle — vendor fix ↗
- SnapManager for Oracle — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package) — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package) — vendor fix ↗
- Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Windows 7.3 and above — vendor fix ↗
- E-Series SANtricity Web Services (REST API) for Web Services Proxy — vendor fix ↗
- E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Insight — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Insight — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.2 and above — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SANtricity Cloud Connector — vendor fix ↗
- SnapManager for SAP — 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 2018