CVE-2015-9231

Summary

CVECVE-2015-9231
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-20 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-05 17:54:00 UTC
DescriptioniTerm2 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20151111 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20151229 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160102 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160113 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160206 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160313 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160422 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160426 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160510 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160523 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.0 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.0 preview All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.1 preview All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.10 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.11 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.12 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.13 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.14 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.15 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.2 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.20160531 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.3 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.4 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.5 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.6 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.7 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.8 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.9 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta10 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta2 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta3 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta4 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta5 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta6 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta7 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta8 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta9 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20151111 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20151229 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160102 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160113 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160206 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160313 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160422 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160426 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160510 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 2.9.20160523 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.0 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.0 preview All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.1 preview All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.10 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.11 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.12 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.13 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.14 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.15 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.2 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.20160531 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.3 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.4 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.5 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.6 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.7 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.8 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.0.9 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 All All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta10 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta2 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta3 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta4 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta5 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta6 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta7 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta8 All All
Application Iterm2 Iterm2 3.1.0 beta9 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
undesirable domain lookup behavior (#5303) · Issues · George Nachman / iterm2 · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Dnslookupissue · Wiki · George Nachman / iterm2 · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Third Party Advisory
Fist swipe at removing DNS code · gnachman/iTerm2@33ccaf6 · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Post-mortem for DNS lookups issue (#6068) · Issues · George Nachman / iterm2 · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Smart selection is issuing dns requests (#3688) · Issues · George Nachman / iterm2 · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
iTerm2: Please disable 'Perform DNS lookups to check if URLs are valid' | Hacker News MISC news.ycombinator.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Disable DNS lookups on hover by default. Issue 6050 · gnachman/iTerm2@e4eb106 · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Please disable 'Perform DNS lookups to check if URLs are valid?' by default (#6050) · Issues · George Nachman / iterm2 · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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