CVE-2006-5990

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5990
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-21 01:07:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:46:00 UTC
DescriptionVMWare VirtualCenter client 2.x before 2.0.1 Patch 1 (Build 33643) and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 Patch 1 (Build 33425), when server certificate verification is enabled, does not verify the server's X.509 certificate when creating an SSL session, which allows remote malicious servers to spoof valid servers via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 1.4.1 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 1.4.1 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.1 Patch 1 MISC www.vmware.com Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - VMware VirtualCenter Client Does Not Validate Server Certificates SECTRACK securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
VMware VirtualCenter Client SSL Verification Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware VirtualCenter SSL Session Man In The Middle Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
VMware View Document CONFIRM kb.vmware.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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