Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2019-5538
CVE-2019-5538
Description
Sensitive information disclosure vulnerability resulting from a lack of certificate validation during the File-Based Backup and Restore operations of VMware vCenter Server Appliance (6.7 before 6.7u3a and 6.5 before 6.5u3d) may allow a malicious actor to intercept sensitive data in transit over SCP. A malicious actor with man-in-the-middle positioning between vCenter Server Appliance and a backup target may be able to intercept sensitive data in transit during File-Based Backup and Restore operations.
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Affected products
2- VMware/vCenter Server Appliancedescription
- Range: <6.7u3a, <6.5u3d
Patches
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0018.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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