CVE-2010-4340
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
libcloud before 0.4.1 does not verify SSL certificates for HTTPS connections, which allows remote attackers to spoof certificates and bypass intended access restrictions via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.5.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.5.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.5.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.5.0-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.5.0-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | apache-libcloud | <0.4.0 | 0.4.0 |
| PyPI | apache-libcloud | <0.4.2 | 0.4.2 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598463
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-libcloud/201009.mbox/%3C5860913.463891285776633273.JavaMail.jira%40thor%3E
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-libcloud/201011.mbox/browser
- http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/LibcloudSSL
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LIBCLOUD-55
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4340
- https://github.com/apache/libcloud/commit/87ee61e6ba03a43dcefea2ce180988bec066b6fd
- https://bugs.python.org/issue1589
- https://github.com/apache/libcloud
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-libcloud/PYSEC-2011-24.yaml
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-libcloud/201009.mbox/%3C5860913.463891285776633273.JavaMail.jira@thor%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4340
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.