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NTAP-20220930-0002 — CVE-2022-34526 LibTIFF Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2022-09-30 · Updated 2024-04-25 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 6.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20220930-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 6.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2022-34526 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2022-34526 — A stack overflow was discovered in the _TIFFVGetField function of Tiffsplit v4.4.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted TIFF file parsed by the "tiffsplit" or "tiffcrop" utilities.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS). <br><br> Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere:<br> Affected versions include 9.7 or any version that was upgraded from 9.7. Any system installed fresh using 9.8 or higher is not affected.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
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.