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NTAP-20180523-0001 — CVE-2018-5487 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in OnCommand Unified Manager for Linux and Windows 7.2 and above

Published 2018-05-23 · Updated 2018-11-30 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: CRITICAL 9.8 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product

Official advisory: NTAP-20180523-0001 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 product | highest CVSS: 9.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2018-5487 — CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2018-5487 — NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager for Linux versions 7.2 through 7.3 ship with the Java Management Extension Remote Method Invocation (JMX RMI) service bound to the network, and are susceptible to unauthenticated remote code execution.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthenticated remote code execution on OnCommand Unified Manager for Linux and Windows servers.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Linux 7.3 and above
Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Windows 7.3 and above

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Windows 7.3 and above — vendor fix ↗
Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Linux 7.3 and above — 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.
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