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Hyper Converged Infrastructure Compute NodeApplication · Netapp

CVE-2019-5492

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.0 Published 2019-04-29
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.2.3 or later.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Element Plug-in for vCenter Server versions prior to 4.2.3 may disclose sensitive account information to an unauthenticated attacker. NetApp HCI Compute Node versions prior to 1.4P2 bundle affected versions of Element Plug-in for vCenter Server.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Element Plug-in for vCenter Server versions prior to 4.2.3 contains an information disclosure vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to obtain sensitive account information. NetApp HCI Compute Node versions prior to 1.4P2 bundle the vulnerable plugin.

MitigationUpgrade Element Plug-in for vCenter Server to version 4.2.3 or later, and upgrade NetApp HCI Compute Node to version 1.4P2 or later.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Hyper Converged Infrastructure Compute NodeApplication
Affected:<= 1.4
Element Plug In For Vcenter ServerApplication
Affected:< 4.2.3

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify if Element Plug-in for vCenter Server is installed
    Locate the Element Plug-in on the vCenter Server system - check installed plugins or packages related to NetApp Element
    Affected if The plugin is present on the vCenter Server
  2. Check the installed version of Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
    Retrieve the version number of the installed Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
    Affected if The version is less than 4.2.3 (any version prior to 4.2.3)
  3. Identify if NetApp HCI Compute Node software is present
    Check if the system is running NetApp HCI Compute Node software
    Affected if NetApp HCI Compute Node is installed
  4. Check the installed version of NetApp HCI Compute Node
    Retrieve the version number of the NetApp HCI Compute Node installation
    Affected if The version is 1.4 or prior (any version <= 1.4)

A system is affected if Element Plug-in for vCenter Server is installed with version less than 4.2.3, or if NetApp HCI Compute Node version 1.4 or earlier is present (which bundles the vulnerable plugin).

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to 4.2.3 or later
Fixed in 4.2.3
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Element Plug-in for vCenter Server to version 4.2.3 or later, and upgrade NetApp HCI Compute Node to version 1.4P2 or later.

Fix this in Hyper Converged Infrastructure Compute Node Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
12.0 hours of engineering $2,180
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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