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NTAP-20201113-0002 — Intel SA-00391 CSME Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

Published 2020-11-13 · Updated 2022-01-06 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.8 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product

Official advisory: NTAP-20201113-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 7.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-8705 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 · site index
CVE-2020-8744 — HIGH · CVSS 7.8 · site index
CVE-2020-8745 · site index
CVE-2020-8751 · site index
CVE-2020-8755 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 · site index
CVE-2020-8756 · site index
CVE-2020-8761 · site index
CVE-2020-12303 · site index
CVE-2020-12297 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2020-8705 — Insecure default initialization of resource in Intel(R) Boot Guard in Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70, 13.0.40, 13.30.10, 14.0.45 and 14.5.25, Intel(R) TXE versions before 3.1.80 and 4.0.30, Intel(R) SPS versions before E5_04.01.04.400, E3_04.01.04.200, SoC-X_04.00.04.200 and SoC-A_04.00.04.300 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privileges via physical access.

CVE-2020-8744 — Improper initialization in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before12.0.70, 13.0.40, 13.30.10, 14.0.45 and 14.5.25, Intel(R) TXE versions before 4.0.30 Intel(R) SPS versions before E3_05.01.04.200 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVE-2020-8755 — Race condition in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before 12.0.70 and 14.0.45, Intel(R) SPS versions before E5_04.01.04.400 and E3_05.01.04.200 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

Impact

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

Affected products

NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)

References

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00391.html ↗

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.
Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.