First published: Tue Mar 20 2018(Updated: )
GNOME NetworkManager version 1.10.2 and earlier contains a Information Exposure (CWE-200) vulnerability in DNS resolver that can result in Private DNS queries leaked to local network's DNS servers, while on VPN. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in Some Ubuntu 16.04 packages were fixed, but later updates removed the fix. cf. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1754671 an upstream fix does not appear to be available at this time.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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GNOME NetworkManager | <=1.10.2 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 |
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The vulnerability ID of the GNOME NetworkManager vulnerability is CVE-2018-1000135.
The title of the GNOME NetworkManager vulnerability is 'GNOME NetworkManager version 1.10.2 and earlier contains a Information Exposure (CWE-200) vulnerability'.
The severity of the GNOME NetworkManager vulnerability is high, with a severity value of 7.5.
The affected software of the GNOME NetworkManager vulnerability is GNOME NetworkManager version 1.10.2 and earlier, as well as Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04.
To fix the GNOME NetworkManager vulnerability, update to a version of GNOME NetworkManager that is later than 1.10.2, and apply any necessary patches or updates provided by the vendor.