Public bug reported: VMwareHTTPWriteFile uses httplib.HTTPSConnection objects. In Python 2.x those do not perform CA checks so client connections are vulnerable to MiM attacks.
This is the specific version of https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1188189 ** Affects: nova Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Tags: vmware ** Changed in: nova Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: nova Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Tags added: vmware -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374000 Title: VMWare: file writer class uses unsafe SSL connection Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova): Triaged Bug description: VMwareHTTPWriteFile uses httplib.HTTPSConnection objects. In Python 2.x those do not perform CA checks so client connections are vulnerable to MiM attacks. This is the specific version of https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1188189 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1374000/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
