DNS request disclosure via unset blocking-state resolver
Published May 3, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Information disclosure in Mullvad VPN App 2024.1 and earlier on Android allows remote attackers to observe plaintext DNS queries. AndroidTunProvider leaves its DNS-server list empty when a hard tunnel-creation failure enters the blocking state, so getaddrinfo queries leave the tunnel. The leak requires that blocking state and exposes queried domains and the device source address to an unintended DNS operator.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Mullvad VPN App 2024.1 and earlier on Android allows remote attackers to observe plaintext DNS queries. AndroidTunProvider leaves its DNS-server list empty when a hard tunnel-creation failure enters the blocking state, so getaddrinfo queries leave the tunnel. The leak requires that blocking state and exposes queried domains and the device source address to an unintended DNS operator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-34446
- Published
- May 3, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Mullvad VPN AB
- Product
- Mullvad VPN App
- Classifications
- CWE-923, T1040
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 3, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2024.1
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Mullvad Android DNS leak reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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