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NTAP-20180926-0006 — CVE-2016-4975 Apache HTTP Server Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2018-09-26 · Updated 2019-03-08 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20180926-0006 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: ONTAP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · E-Series / SANtricity · OnCommand family · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, or addition or modification of data.
Affected products
- Clustered Data ONTAP
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp SANtricity Cloud Connector
- OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package)
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
References
- https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html#CVE-2016-4975 ↗
- https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2016-4975 ↗
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