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NTAP-20190304-0001 — CVE-2018-5482 Secure Cookie Attribute Vulnerability in SnapCenter Server

Published 2019-03-04 · Updated 2019-03-04 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Not public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.3 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product

Official advisory: NTAP-20190304-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SnapCenter | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 5.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2018-5482 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2018-5482 — NetApp SnapCenter Server prior to 4.1 does not set the secure flag for a sensitive cookie in an HTTPS session which can allow the transmission of the cookie in plain text over an unencrypted channel.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to capture the cookie by intercepting its transmission within an http session.

Affected products

SnapCenter

Official fixes

SnapCenter — vendor fix ↗

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.
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