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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2019-5531

CVE-2019-5531

Description

VMware vSphere ESXi (6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG, and 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG) and VMware vCenter Server (6.7 prior to 6.7 U1b, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U2b, and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j) contain an information disclosure vulnerability in clients arising from insufficient session expiration. An attacker with physical access or an ability to mimic a websocket connection to a user’s browser may be able to obtain control of a VM Console after the user has logged out or their session has timed out.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/vSphere ESXillm-create2 versions
    >=6.0 <ESXi600-201807103-SG; >=6.5 <ESXi650-201811102-SG; >=6.7 <ESXi670-201810101-SG+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: >=6.0 <ESXi600-201807103-SG; >=6.5 <ESXi650-201811102-SG; >=6.7 <ESXi670-201810101-SG
    • (no CPE)range: 6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG
  • VMware/Vcenter Serverllm-fuzzy2 versions
    >=6.0 <6.0 U3j; >=6.5 <6.5 U2b; >=6.7 <6.7 U1b+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: >=6.0 <6.0 U3j; >=6.5 <6.5 U2b; >=6.7 <6.7 U1b
    • (no CPE)range: 6.7 prior to 6.7 U1b

Patches

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