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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-15113 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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:01:51.950Z

Reserved: 2019-01-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-5538

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-28T16:15:14.963

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:45:09.247

Link: CVE-2019-5538

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