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NTAP-20190307-0004 — CVE-2011-4461 Eclipse Jetty Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2019-03-07 · Updated 2021-01-04 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20190307-0004 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · OnCommand family · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2011-4461 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2011-4461 — Jetty 8.1.0.RC2 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
OnCommand System Manager 3.x
Snap Creator Framework
Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above

Official fixes

Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above — vendor fix ↗
NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above — vendor fix ↗
Snap Creator Framework — vendor fix ↗

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.