[tor-talk] Firefox security bug (proxy-bypass) in current TBBs

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On Wed, 2 May 2012 22:43:52 +0000
Robert Ransom <rransom.8774 at gmail.com> wrote:

> See https://blog.torproject.org/blog/firefox-security-bug-proxy-bypass-current-tbbs
> for the security advisory.
> 
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Any potential DNS-leakage can be prevented with iptables (Debian GNU/Linux way):

Edit /etc/login.defs, Replace "ENCRYPT_METHOD DES" to "ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA-512"

Run command for create tbb-group with password:

addgroup --system tbb-tor

Add this rules to your firewall:

########
#tor anonymous users;

DIRECT_OUT_GID="tbb-tor" #group id for TBB

TOR_UID="debian-tor" #system tor (if you use it)

#anonymous user runs programs with transparent torification to system tor
#(if you use it):

$IPTABLES -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m owner --uid-owner anonymoususer ! --gid-owner $DIRECT_OUT_GID -m tcp --syn  -j REDIRECT --to-ports 9040
$IPTABLES -t nat -A OUTPUT -p udp -m owner --uid-owner anonymoususer ! --gid-owner $DIRECT_OUT_GID -m udp --dport 53 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 53
$IPTABLES -t nat -A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner anonymoususer ! --gid-owner $DIRECT_OUT_GID  -j DNAT --to-destination 127.0.0.1

#Accept output for system-tor itself (if you use it)
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner $TOR_UID -j ACCEPT

#Direct output for TBB without udp and tcp 53 port
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -m owner  --gid-owner $DIRECT_OUT_GID ! -p tcp -j REJECT
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -m owner  --gid-owner $DIRECT_OUT_GID -p tcp --dport 53 -j
REJECT
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -m owner  --gid-owner $DIRECT_OUT_GID -j ACCEPT
########

Run your tor-browser with sg from x-terminal emulator:

sg tbb-tor -c start-tor-browser.sh

Unfortunately, this is not an ideal solution for transparent torification TBB. All (but udp and dns-tcp) tcp trafic goes away. Using unix groups is not a way to separate start-script, vidalia, browser and TBB-tor itself. A more fine-tuned firewall solution is still desirable