Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware vCenter Server Appliance, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose certain sensitive information.
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TITLE:
VMware vCenter Server Appliance Two Information Disclosure
Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46859
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-12-21
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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware vCenter Server
Appliance, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose
certain sensitive information.
1) Certain unspecified input is not properly verified before being
used to access files. This can be exploited to disclose the contents
of arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences.
This vulnerability is reported in versions 5.1 and 5.0.
2) Certain unspecified input passed via XML files is not properly
verified before being used to download files. This can be exploited
to download arbitrary files.
This vulnerability is reported in version 5.0.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
Further details available in Customer Area:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Alexander Minozhenko, ERPScan.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0018.html
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EXPLOIT:
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