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NTAP-20241213-0003 — CVE-2017-9217 Systemd Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-12-13 · Updated 2025-09-11 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20241213-0003 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2017-9217 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2017-9217 — systemd-resolved through 233 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DNS response with an empty question section.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

Official fixes

ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10 — 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.