Certificate Validation Vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)

CVE-2014-8371 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.5 before Update 2, 5.1 before Update 3, and 5.0 before Update 3c does not properly validate certificates when connecting to a CIM Server on an ESXi host, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof CIM servers via a crafted certificate.

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