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NTAP-20220303-0001 — CVE-2021-45346 SQLite Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2022-03-03 · Updated 2024-03-07 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 4.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20220303-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 4.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2021-45346 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2021-45346 — A Memory Leak vulnerability exists in SQLite Project SQLite3 3.35.1 and 3.37.0 via maliciously crafted SQL Queries (made via editing the Database File), it is possible to query a record, and leak subsequent bytes of memory that extend beyond the record, which could let a malicious user obtain sensitive information. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability stating that If you give SQLite a corrupted database file and submit a query against the database, it might read parts of the database that you did not intend or expect.

Impact

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

Affected products

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.