VMware vmware-config.pl Insecure SSL Key File Permissions - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

Vulnerability Information

Vulnerability Scanning

Community

Blog - new entry!

Corporate Information

Home > Vulnerability Information > Secunia Advisories > VMware vmware-config.pl Insecure SSL Key File Permissions

Secunia Advisories

Advisories

Advisories by Product

Business Solutions Restricted

Partner Solutions Restricted

About

VMware vmware-config.pl Insecure SSL Key File Permissions

Secunia Advisory:

SA21120

Advisory Toolbox:

Issue ticket

Save in to-do list

Mark as handled

Exploit information

Download as PDF

Review actions

Add comment

Release Date:

2006-07-19

Last Update:

2007-01-09

Popularity:

14,964 views

Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Exposure of sensitive information

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Partial Fix

OS:

VMware ESX Server 2.x
VMware ESX Server 3.x

Software:

VMware GSX Server 3.x
VMware Player 1.x
VMware Server 1.x
VMware Workstation 5.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score:

Available in Secunia business solutions

Subscribe:

Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities

Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)

[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Secunia is hiring, read about the open positions here!

Solution:
The vendor recommends to changing the file permissions (see vendor advisory).

Apply patches.
-- ESX 2.5.4 --
Apply ESX 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 3 (Build# 36502)

-- ESX 2.5.3 --
Apply ESX 2.5.3 Upgrade Patch 6 (Build# 35703)

-- ESX 2.1.3 --
Apply ESX 2.1.3 Upgrade Patch 4 (Build# 35803)

-- ESX 2.0.2 --
Apply ESX 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 4 (Build# 35801)

Provided and/or discovered by:
Nick Brees, Security-Assessment.com.

Changelog:
2006-07-26: Updated credits. Added new reference.
2007-01-09: Updated "Solution Status" to "Partial Fix".

Original Advisory:
VMware:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2467205
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200612-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200612-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200612-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx-202-200612-patch.html

Security-Assessment.com:
http://www.security-assessment.com/Ad...rect_Permissions_On_SSL_Key_Files.pdf

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Track this Secunia Advisory

Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory

Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.

Latest Advisories

Today

New advisories:	16
New vulnerabilities:	116
Updated advisories:	36

Moderately // 2 views

Magic Music Player Playlist Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Moderately // 5 views

FMOD Ex Playlist Processing Multiple Vulnerabilities

Moderately // 41 views

IP.Board SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Moderately // 102 views

Firefox infoRSS Extension Cross-Context Scripting Vulnerability

Highly // 84 views

Outreach Project Tool "CRM_path" File Inclusion Vulnerability

Less // 87 views

Sun Solaris OpenSSL TLS Session Renegotiation Plaintext Injection Vulnerability

Highly // 105 views

PHP Traverser "GLOBALS[BASE]" File Inclusion Vulnerability

Moderately // 187 views

Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities

Moderately // 79 views

Betsy CMS "popup" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

Less // 135 views

MySQL Denial of Service and Client Certificate Verification Vulnerabilities

Solutions | More...

Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com. Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.