[Secure-testing-team] Bug#598463: python-libcloud: libcloud https connections are not secured against mitm attacks

[david b]

Package: python-libcloud
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Justification: user security hole

libcloud fails to perform ssl validation on https connections.
This means that users of this module, who which perform api requests using https urls / connections are at risk to mitm attacks.
See http://github.com/tjfontaine/linode-python/issues/issue/1#issue/1 for more information.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.4 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash