CVE-2008-4278: Infoleak
First published: Mon Oct 06 2008(Updated: )
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 before Update 3 build 119838 on Windows displays a user's password in cleartext when the password contains unspecified special characters, which allows physically proximate attackers to steal the password.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware Virtual Infrastructure Client | ||
| VMware VirtualCenter | <=2.5 | |
| VMware VirtualCenter | =1.4.1 | |
| VMware VirtualCenter | =2.0-unknown | |
| VMware VirtualCenter | =2.0.1 | |
| VMware VirtualCenter | =2.0.2 | |
| VMware VirtualCenter | =2.0.2-update_2 | |
| VMware VirtualCenter | =2.0.2-update_3 | |
| VMware VirtualCenter | =2.0.2-update_4 | |
| VMware VirtualCenter | =2.5 | |
| VMware VirtualCenter | =2.5-update_1 | |
| Microsoft Windows |
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Reference Links
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/remedy
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/vmware
- canonical/vmware virtual infrastructure client
- canonical/vmware virtualcenter
- version/vmware virtualcenter/2.5
- version/vmware virtualcenter/1.4.1
- version/vmware virtualcenter/2.0-unknown
- version/vmware virtualcenter/2.0.1
- version/vmware virtualcenter/2.0.2
- version/vmware virtualcenter/2.0.2-update_2
- version/vmware virtualcenter/2.0.2-update_3
- version/vmware virtualcenter/2.0.2-update_4
- version/vmware virtualcenter/2.5-update_1
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft windows