Bug#783579: epiphany-browser: leaks DNS queries when used with Tor

[Michael Biebl]

control: severity -1 important
control: tags -1 upstream

Am 28.04.2015 um 06:26 schrieb Christoph Anton Mitterer:
> Package: epiphany-browser
> Version: 3.14.1-1
> Severity: grave
> Tags: security
> 
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Apparently it seems that even when configured to use Tor as proxy,
> epiphany is so "smart" to send DNS queries directly to the wire,
> thus making any effort of Tor useless.
> 
> Just check with wireshark and one can see it.
> 
> 
> Marking this as grave so that people get notified about this
> inadequacy... actually people in many contries who need to rely
> on Tor, can get into severe troubles when their anonymity is compromised.

Please file this issue upstream and report back with the bug number.




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