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Advisory severityHigh7.5NetApp

High [CVE-2023-6535] Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products

This high-severity NetApp advisory covers CVE-2023-6535 affecting Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C.

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NTAP-20240415-0003 Source published Source updated

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CVE-2023-6535
Affected products & platforms
NetAppAFF / ASA / FASElement SoftwareActive IQ Unified ManagerONTAP tools for VMwareONTAP Select
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Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate Linux kernel. All Linux kernel versions are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to 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), ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility, ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.

NetApp states there is no workaround available at this time.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere: 9.16P2
  • ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10: 10.4
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility: 9.16.1

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Update affected NetApp products to a fixed release: Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere: 9.16P2, ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10: 10.4, 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.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source

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