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NTAP-20190315-0002 — March 2019 GNU C Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

Published 2019-03-15 · Updated 2024-04-25 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: CRITICAL 9.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20190315-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Brocade SAN firmware · Other NetApp products · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 9.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2009-5155 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index
CVE-2018-20796 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index
CVE-2019-9169 — CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2009-5155 — In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or trigger an incorrect result by attempting a regular-expression match.

CVE-2018-20796 — In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 in posix/regexec.c has Uncontrolled Recursion, as demonstrated by '(\227|)(\\1\\1|t1|\\\2537)+' in grep.

CVE-2019-9169 — In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c has a heap-based buffer over-read via an attempted case-insensitive regular-expression match.

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS). <br><br> Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware not affected by CVE-2018-20796.

Affected products

Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
SnapProtect

Official fixes

Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware — vendor fix ↗
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS) — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C — 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.