CVE-2006-5990
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 21, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 20, 2006
Description
VMWare 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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- ADV-2006-4655vdb-entry
- 1017270vdb-entry
- 20061121 VMSA-2006-0010 - SSL sessions not authenticated by VC Clientsmailing-list
- http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-patch.html
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606
- 23053third-party-advisory
- 21231vdb-entry
- vmware-virtualcenter-x509-mitm(30477)vdb-entry
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