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NTAP-20220107-0002 — CVE-2021-45078 GNU Binutils Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2022-01-07 · Updated 2024-03-07 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20220107-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2021-45078 — HIGH · CVSS 7.8 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2021-45078 — stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699.

Impact

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

Affected products

NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Official fixes

ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗

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.