CVE-2016-6904 (GCVE-0-2016-6904)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-11 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:35
VLAI
Summary
Versions of VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP prior to 7.0P1 contain a web server that accepts plain text authentication. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain authentication credentials.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Plain text authentication
Assigner
netapp CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 6 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP Affected: Versions prior to 7.0P1
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Date Public
2017-12-08 00:00
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