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NTAP-20201113-0004 — Intel SA-00391 SPS Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

Published 2020-11-13 · Updated 2022-04-28 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20201113-0004 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · Other NetApp products · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | ONTAP-relevant | 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-2020-8755 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 · 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). <br><br> CVE-2020-8705 Affects: AFF A800, AFF A320, AFF A400, FAS8300, FAS8700, AFF-A250, FAS500f, NSM100 <br> CVE-2020-8744 Affects: None <br> CVE-2020-8755 Affects: AFF A800, AFF A320, AFF A400, FAS8300, FAS8700

Affected products

Clustered Data ONTAP
FAS/AFF BIOS
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS
NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS
NetApp SolidFire BIOS

Official fixes

Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire BIOS — vendor fix ↗
FAS/AFF BIOS — vendor fix ↗
NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS — vendor fix ↗
NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS — vendor fix ↗

References

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

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.