[tbb-bugs] #16926 [Tor Browser]: Multiple OS: Tor Browser leaks domains to system DNS management.

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#16926: Multiple OS: Tor Browser leaks domains to system DNS management.
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     Reporter:  DrMikeTwiddle  |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
     Priority:  critical       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser    |    Version:  Tor: unspecified
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Comment (by teor):

 Some further information on OS X, mDNSResponder, and discoveryd:
 discoveryd was a buggy replacement for mDNSResponder included in OS X
 Yosemite 10.10.0 - 10.10.3 inclusive. It was removed in 10.10.4.
 http://www.macrumors.com/2015/06/30/apple-releases-os-x-10-10-4/

 Some further information on LittleSnitch:
 It seems unlikely that LittleSnitch is parsing hostnames from the middle
 of a SOCKS5 packet and looking them up. However, its domain-name based
 filter feature requires it to watch DNS requests and keep a record of name
 to IP mappings (reverse DNS doesn't work, so it doesn't use it).

 "It  therefore  watches  all  DNS  requests  and  responses  on  UDP  and
 TCP
 ports 53 and 5353, and remembers the names which led to a particular IP
 address"
 https://www.obdev.at/ftp/pub/Products/LittleSnitch/LittleSnitch-
 Documentation-1.1.pdf

 LittleSnitch needs to look at source and destination IPs in the IP headers
 of all packets sent and received by OS X. But  for Tor Browser <-> Tor,
 this would be localhost <-> localhost.

 It's unclear whether it parses packets from protocols FTP or SOCKS.
 https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

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