CVE-2006-3589

Summary

CVECVE-2006-3589
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-07-21 14:03:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:26:00 UTC
Descriptionvmware-config.pl in VMware for Linux, ESX Server 2.x, and Infrastructure 3 does not check the return code from a Perl chmod function call, which might cause an SSL key file to be created with an unsafe umask that allows local users to read or modify the SSL key.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.1.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.1.2 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.5.2 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.1.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.1.2 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Infrastructure 3 All All All
Application Vmware Infrastructure 3 All All All
Application Vmware Player All All All All
Application Vmware Player All All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.1_build_29996 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.1_build_29996 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware May Fail to Set Safe SSL Key File Permissions - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 Upgrade Patch 6 (for 2.5.3 Systems) CONFIRM www.vmware.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
VMware ESX Server 2.1.3 Upgrade Patch 4 (for 2.1.3 Systems) CONFIRM www.vmware.com
VMware vmware-config.pl Insecure SSL Key File Permissions - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMWare ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 3 (for 2.5.4 Systems Only) CONFIRM www.vmware.com
VMware View Document CONFIRM kb.vmware.com
VMware Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
RETIRED: VMware SSL Key File Information Disclosure Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
27418 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMware ESX Server 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 4 (for 2.0.2 Systems) CONFIRM www.vmware.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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