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GHSA-JR99-R38W-Q3WJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 07:33 – Updated: 2022-05-01 07:33

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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.

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CVE-2006-5990 (GCVE-0-2006-5990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-21 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:12

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

8 references

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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4655	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017270	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452275/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-p…	x_refsource_MISC
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/23053	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21231	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Date Public

2006-11-16 00:00

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