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NTAP-20210205-0004 — CVE-2019-25013 GNU C (glibc) Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2021-02-05 · Updated 2024-11-11 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.9 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20210205-0004 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.9

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2019-25013 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2019-25013 — The iconv feature in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.32, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in the EUC-KR encoding, may have a buffer over-read.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.

Affected products

NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Official fixes

ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗

References

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.