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libcloud — security advisory
Apache Libcloud before 0.11.1 uses an incorrect regular expression during verification of whether the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
- Products
- libcloud
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.5.0-1.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-3446
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Apache Libcloud before 0.11.1 uses an incorrect regular expression during verification of whether the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3446
libcloud
Fixed versions: 0.5.0-1.1
libcloud
Fixed versions: 0.5.0-1.1
libcloud
Fixed versions: 0.5.0-1.1
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3446",
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"modified": "2026-10-23T18:01:04.627232271Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 419407,
"published_at": "2012-11-04T22:55:03.06+00:00"
}