From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Oct 06 2008 - 17:10:04 CDT

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TITLE:
VMware VirtualCenter Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32179

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of system information, Exposure of
sensitive information, DoS, System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
VMware VirtualCenter 2.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/10762/

DESCRIPTION:
VMware has acknowledged a weakness and some vulnerabilities in VMware
VirtualCenter, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
disclose sensitive information, and by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions, disclose system information or
potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service),
or compromise a vulnerable system.

1) The problem is that the Virtual Infrastructure Client displays the
VirtualCenter Server password in cleartext when logging in, if the
password contains certain unspecified special characters.

NOTE: The weakness affects only VirtualCenter 2.5.

2) Several vulnerabilities in Sun Java JDK / JRE can be exploited to
bypass certain security restrictions, disclose system information or
potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service),
or compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA31010

SOLUTION:
VirtualCenter 2.5:
Update to version 2.5 update 3 build 119838.
www.vmware.com/download/download.do

VirtualCenter 2.0.2:
Reportedly, an updated version is pending release.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits Mark Woollatt.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31010:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31010/

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