CVE - CVE-2006-5990

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-5990	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:21231 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21231 BUGTRAQ:20061121 VMSA-2006-0010 - SSL sessions not authenticated by VC Clients URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452275/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-patch.html SECTRACK:1017270 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017270 SECUNIA:23053 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23053 VUPEN:ADV-2006-4655 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4655 XF:vmware-virtualcenter-x509-mitm(30477) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30477
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20061120	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20061120)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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