CVE-2024-45492 Libexpat Vulnerability in NetApp Products
This critical-severity NetApp advisory covers CVE-2024-45492 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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Summary
Multiple NetApp products incorporate libexpat. libexpat versions prior to 2.6.3 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 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C, NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS), SAN Host Utilities for Windows.
NetApp reports that one or more additional products remain under investigation; review the canonical advisory for current status. NetApp states there is no workaround available at this time.
- 2.6.3
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- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere: 9.18
- SAN Host Utilities for Windows: 8.0
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Mitigation checklist
- Update affected NetApp products to a fixed release: Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere: 9.18, SAN Host Utilities for Windows: 8.0.
- 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 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.
- 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.
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