CVE-2006-3589

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200612-patch.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19060
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23680
• 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/esx25/doc/esx-254-200612-patch.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440583/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2880
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19062
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded
• http://www.osvdb.org/27418
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27881
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2467205
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441082/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200612-patch.html

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