CVE-2019-5538 Information disclosure in VMware vCenter Server Appliance

What is CVE-2019-5538?

CVE-2019-5538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter Server, published on 28 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5538?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Vcenter Server.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5538?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-5538 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-34048 VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-3952 VMware vCenter Server Information Disclosure Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-22017 VMware vCenter Server Improper Access Control Exploited Medium 5.3
• CVE-2015-2342 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0

All Vmware Vcenter Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pg6p-7jwx-86vp.