CVE-2023-5178: Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products
This NetApp advisory covers CVE-2023-5178 in Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S and NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C.
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 8.8
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Fixed in
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere: 9.16P2, NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node: 12.8, ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility: 9.16.1
- Advisory id
- NTAP-20231208-0004
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
- Record changed
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Affected products & platforms
Description
Multiple NetApp products incorporate Linux kernel. Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6-rc7 are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products: Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C, NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS), NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node, NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software), ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility.
NetApp states there is no workaround available at this time.
Text from the source record.
How to fix CVE-2023-5178
Upgrade to a fixed release named by NetApp:
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere: 9.16P2
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node: 12.8
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility: 9.16.1
Vendor guidance
- Update affected NetApp products to a fixed release: Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere: 9.16P2, NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node: 12.8, ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility: 9.16.1.
- 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 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C 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.
Support dates for the fixed release lines
- NetApp ONTAP 9 9.16.1: support ends
CVE-2023-5178 in other vendors' advisories
- Red Hat: CVE-2023-5178, high severity, fixed in kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-513.9.1.rt7.311.el8_9, kernel-0:4.18.0-513.9.1.el8_9, kpatch-patch and 31 more
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