CVE-2015-9231 | BDVDB-2026-90685 Detail
Description#
iTerm2 3.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to discover passwords by reading DNS queries. A new (default) feature was added to iTerm2 version 3.0.0 (and unreleased 2.9.x versions such as 2.9.20150717) that resulted in a potential information disclosure. In an attempt to see whether the text under the cursor (or selected text) was a URL, the text would be sent as an unencrypted DNS query. This has the potential to result in passwords and other sensitive information being sent in cleartext without the user being aware.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/6050
- https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/5303
- https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/33ccaf61e34ef32ffc9d6b2be5dd218f6bb55f51
- https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/wikis/dnslookupissue
- https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/e4eb1063529deb575b75b396138d41554428d522
- https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/6068
- https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/3688
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15286956
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.