CVE-2006-3589
First published: Wed Jul 19 2006(Updated: )
vmware-config.pl in VMware for Linux, ESX Server 2.x, and Infrastructure 3 does not check the return code from a Perl chmod function call, which might cause an SSL key file to be created with an unsafe umask that allows local users to read or modify the SSL key.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Server | =1.0.1_build_29996 | |
| VMware Workstation | =5.5.3 | |
| VMware Infrastructure | =3 | |
| VMware Player | ||
| VMware ESX | =2.0 | |
| VMware ESX | =2.0.1 | |
| VMware ESX | =2.1.2 | |
| VMware ESX | =2.5 | |
| VMware ESX | =2.5.2 | |
| VMware ESX | =2.1.1 | |
| VMware ESX | =2.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2467205
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19060
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19062
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21120
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016536
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx-202-200612-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200612-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200612-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200612-patch.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23680
- http://www.osvdb.org/27418
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2880
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27881
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441082/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440583/100/0/threaded
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/vmware
- canonical/vmware infrastructure
- version/vmware infrastructure/3
- canonical/vmware player
- canonical/vmware server
- version/vmware server/1.0.1_build_29996
- canonical/vmware workstation
- version/vmware workstation/5.5.3
- canonical/vmware esx
- version/vmware esx/2.0
- version/vmware esx/2.0.1
- version/vmware esx/2.1
- version/vmware esx/2.1.1
- version/vmware esx/2.1.2
- version/vmware esx/2.5
- version/vmware esx/2.5.2