What is CVE-2017-15517?

CVE-2017-15517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Altavault Ost Plug-In, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-15517?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in NetApp Altavault Ost Plug-In

CVE-2017-15517

AltaVault OST Plug-in versions prior to 1.2.2 may allow attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. All users are urged to move to a fixed version and change passwords used by Veritas NetBackup to access the OST shares on the NetApp AltaVault as a precaution.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (29.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Netapp Altavault Ost Plug-in — versions Versions prior to 1.2.2
Netapp Altavault_ost_plug-in

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security-alert@netapp.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15517?: CVE-2017-15517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Altavault Ost Plug-In, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-15517?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.