High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-9231
CVE-2015-9231
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.
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Affected products
41cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20151111:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 40 more
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20151111:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20151229:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20160102:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20160113:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20160206:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20160313:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20160422:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20160426:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20160510:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:2.9.20160523:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.0:preview:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.1:preview:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.20160531:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:3.1.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <3.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/6050nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/33ccaf61e34ef32ffc9d6b2be5dd218f6bb55f51nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/e4eb1063529deb575b75b396138d41554428d522nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/3688nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/5303nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/6068nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- news.ycombinator.com/itemnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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