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NTAP-20210122-0001 — December 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

Published 2021-01-22 · Updated 2022-06-09 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product

Official advisory: NTAP-20210122-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

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

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-29660 · site index
CVE-2020-29661 · site index

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

AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

Official fixes

AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s — vendor fix ↗
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400 — vendor fix ↗
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗

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.