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[Sean Dague <sean@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

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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

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