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NTAP-20190509-0001 — CVE-2019-5953 GNU Wget Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2019-05-09 · Updated 2024-03-07 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: CRITICAL 9.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20190509-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 9.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2019-5953 — CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2019-5953 — Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Official fixes

NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — 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.