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NTAP-20181023-0001 — CVE-2015-5352 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2018-10-23 · Updated 2022-01-06 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20181023-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · OnCommand family · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2015-5352 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2015-5352 — The x11_open_helper function in channels.c in ssh in OpenSSH before 6.9, when ForwardX11Trusted mode is not used, lacks a check of the refusal deadline for X connections, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a connection outside of the permitted time window.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized addition or modification of data.

Affected products

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
OnCommand Balance
StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)

Official fixes

StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) — vendor fix ↗
Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗

References

http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-6.9 ↗

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.