FKIE_CVE-2019-5537

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-10-28 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:37
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Sensitive 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.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0018.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0018.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.5
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
vmware vcenter_server 6.7
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