FKIE_CVE-2006-5990
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-21 01:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:32
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | virtualcenter | 1.4.1 | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 2.0.1 |
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