Description
Google Chrome before 4.0.249.89, when a SOCKS 5 proxy server is configured, sends DNS queries directly, which allows remote DNS servers to obtain potentially sensitive information about the identity of a client user via request logging, as demonstrated by a proxy server that was configured for the purpose of anonymity.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38177 ↗
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=29914 ↗
- http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023583 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0361 ↗
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/02/stable-channel-update.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13926 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38545 ↗