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NTAP-20201113-0006 — Intel SA-00381 Processor Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

Published 2020-11-13 · Updated 2022-02-23 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20201113-0006 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: 5.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-8696 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 · site index
CVE-2020-8698 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2020-8696 — Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

CVE-2020-8698 — Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.

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-00381.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.