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CVE-2006-3589
published 2006-07-21

CVE-2006-3589: 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…

PriorityP47low3.6CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCPIPAN
EPSS
0.43%
34.9th percentile
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

10 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwareinfrastructure
vmwareserver
vmwareworkstation
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