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NTAP-20200403-0003 — CVE-2020-10942 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2020-04-03 · Updated 2022-05-27 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product

Official advisory: NTAP-20200403-0003 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Baseboard management controllers · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | other NetApp product

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-10942 · site index

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400 — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.8 ↗

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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