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NTAP-20231103-0002 — CVE-2023-25584 GNU Binutils Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2023-11-03 · Updated 2024-12-04 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 6.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20231103-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · ONTAP · Other NetApp products | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 6.3
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2023-25584 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2023-25584 — An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the parse_module function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in Binutils.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could disclosure of sensitive information or Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
- SRA Plugin for Linux
Official fixes
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗
- SRA Plugin for Linux — 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.
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2023