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NTAP-20180731-0003 — CVE-2015-5146 Network Time Protocol Daemon (ntpd) Denial of Service Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2018-07-31 · Updated 2019-01-30 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20180731-0003 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · OnCommand family | other NetApp product
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- OnCommand Balance
Official fixes
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — vendor fix ↗
References
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.
- Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.
Related reading
- Site CVE index — every CVE we track, split by year
- Security hub — recent NetApp advisories and what changed
- Security hardening baseline — applies to NetApp management planes generally
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2018