DNS leak in Kaspersky Secure Connection - #VU14311
Published: August 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14311
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Kaspersky Lab
Affected software:
Kaspersky Secure Connection
Kaspersky Secure Connection
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to DNS Address leak even after the victim is connected to any virtual server. A remote attacker can cause an unencrypted DNS query to be sent by the affected system OUTSIDE the established VPN tunnel and obtain names of the visited websites and public IP-addresses.
The weakness exists due to DNS Address leak even after the victim is connected to any virtual server. A remote attacker can cause an unencrypted DNS query to be sent by the affected system OUTSIDE the established VPN tunnel and obtain names of the visited websites and public IP-addresses.
Remediation
Update to version 1.4.0.453.