{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2006-5990", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "ADV-2006-4655", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4655" }, { "name": "1017270", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017270" }, { "name": "20061121 VMSA-2006-0010 - SSL sessions not authenticated by VC Clients", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452275/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-patch.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-patch.html" }, { "name": "http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606" }, { "name": "23053", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23053" }, { "name": "21231", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21231" }, { "name": "vmware-virtualcenter-x509-mitm(30477)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30477" } ] } }