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NTAP-20180926-0001 — June 2017 ISC BIND Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

Published 2018-09-26 · Updated 2018-12-11 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.2 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20180926-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · OnCommand family  |  ONTAP-relevant  |  highest CVSS: 7.2

CVEs in this advisory

What the CVE records say

CVE-2017-3140 — If named is configured to use Response Policy Zones (RPZ) an error processing some rule types can lead to a condition where BIND will endlessly loop while handling a query. Affects BIND 9.9.10, 9.10.5, 9.11.0->9.11.1, 9.9.10-S1, 9.10.5-S1.

CVE-2017-3141 — The BIND installer on Windows uses an unquoted service path which can enable a local user to achieve privilege escalation if the host file system permissions allow this. Affects BIND 9.2.6-P2->9.2.9, 9.3.2-P1->9.3.6, 9.4.0->9.8.8, 9.9.0->9.9.10, 9.10.0->9.10.5, 9.11.0->9.11.1, 9.9.3-S1->9.9.10-S1, 9.10.5-S1.

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to privilege escalation, disclosure of sensistive information, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

Official fixes

References

What to do

  1. 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.
  2. If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
  3. If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
  4. Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.

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