CVE-2006-5990 - Left Fuckme

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.

Reference

http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-patch.html http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21231 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017270 http://secunia.com/advisories/23053 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4655 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30477 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452275/100/0/threaded