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Advisory severityHigh8.1NetApp

High [CVE-2023-38545 +1] October 2023 curl Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

This high-severity NetApp advisory covers CVE-2023-38545 and CVE-2023-38546 affecting Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C.

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NTAP-20231011-0001 Source published Source updated

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CVE-2023-38545CVE-2023-38546
Affected products & platforms
NetAppONTAPAFF / ASA / FASElement SoftwareActive IQ Unified ManagerONTAP Select
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Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate curl. Certain versions of curl prior to v8.40 are susceptible to vulnerabilities which when successfully exploited could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility:

Affected by CVE-2023-38545 in version 9.13.1. NetApp states there is no workaround available at this time.

Affected products named by the advisory: Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere; NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S; NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C; NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S; and 5 more.

Affected products named by the advisory: NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C; NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS); NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node; NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software); and 1 more.

Affected versions
  • 9.13.1

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 day ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere: 9.14
  • ONTAP 9: 9.8P21
  • ONTAP 9: 9.9.1P19
  • ONTAP 9: 9.10.1P16
  • ONTAP 9: 9.11.1P14
  • ONTAP 9: 9.12.1P10
  • ONTAP 9: 9.13.1P5
  • ONTAP 9: 9.14.1
  • ONTAP 9: 9.15.1
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility: 9.15.1

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 day ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Update affected NetApp products to a fixed release: Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere: 9.14, ONTAP 9: 9.8P21, ONTAP 9: 9.9.1P19, ONTAP 9: 9.10.1P16, ONTAP 9: 9.11.1P14, ONTAP 9: 9.12.1P10, ONTAP 9: 9.13.1P5, ONTAP 9: 9.14.1.
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S has no planned fix; migrate to a supported release or product and consult NetApp's end-of-support notice.
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS) has no planned fix; migrate to a supported release or product and consult NetApp's end-of-support notice.
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C has no planned fix; migrate to a supported release or product and consult NetApp's end-of-support notice.
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C has no planned fix; migrate to a supported release or product and consult NetApp's end-of-support notice.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 day ago·verify at source

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