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NTAP-20190206-0001 — CVE-2016-6210 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2019-02-06 · Updated 2020-11-19 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.9 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Product family: Baseboard management controllers · Other NetApp products · ONTAP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · OnCommand family · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.9
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2016-6210 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2016-6210 — sshd in OpenSSH before 7.3, when SHA256 or SHA512 are used for user password hashing, uses BLOWFISH hashing on a static password when the username does not exist, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users by leveraging the timing difference between responses when a large password is provided.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.
Affected products
- AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
- Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
- Clustered Data ONTAP
- Data ONTAP Edge
- Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- Management Network Switch (NetApp CN1601)
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 6.x
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
- OnCommand Balance
- OnCommand Unified Manager Core Package
Official fixes
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) — vendor fix ↗
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) — vendor fix ↗
- AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- OnCommand Unified Manager for Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Service Processor — vendor fix ↗
- Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610) — vendor fix ↗
References
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 2019