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NTAP-20231103-0003 — September 2023 GNU Binutils 2.40 Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

Published 2023-11-03 · Updated 2024-11-05 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 4.7 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20231103-0003 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: 4.7

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2023-25588 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 · site index
CVE-2023-25585 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 · site index
CVE-2023-25586 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2023-25588 — A flaw was found in Binutils. The field `the_bfd` of `asymbol`struct is uninitialized in the `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab` function, which may lead to an application crash and local denial of service.

CVE-2023-25585 — A flaw was found in Binutils. The use of an uninitialized field in the struct module *module may lead to application crash and local denial of service.

CVE-2023-25586 — A flaw was found in Binutils. A logic fail in the bfd_init_section_decompress_status function may lead to the use of an uninitialized variable that can cause a crash and local denial of service.

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to 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.