CVE-2006-5990

Published Nov 21, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 4.0 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5973 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:12 PM
Reserved
Nov 20, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 21, 2006, 1:07 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM