CVE-2019-5537

Summary

CVECVE-2019-5537
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-28 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-08-24 10:59:00 UTC
DescriptionSensitive information disclosure vulnerability resulting from a lack of certificate validation during the File-Based Backup and Restore operations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance (6.7 before 6.7u3a and 6.5 before 6.5u3d) may allow a malicious actor to intercept sensitive data in transit over FTPS and HTTPS. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle positioning between vCenter Server Appliance and a backup target may be able to intercept sensitive data in transit during File-Based Backup and Restore operations.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 - All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 a All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 e All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 f All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1e All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1g All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2g All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u3 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update1 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update1b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update1c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update1d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update1e All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update1g All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update2 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update2b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update2c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update2d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update2g All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 update3 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 - All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 a All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u1 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u1b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u2 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u2a All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u2c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u3 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update1 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update1b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update2 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update2a All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update2c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 update3 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 - All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 a All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 e All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 f All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1e All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u1g All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u2g All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.5 u3 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 - All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 a All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 d All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u1 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u1b All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u2 All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u2a All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u2c All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 6.7 u3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2019-0018 MISC www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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