CVE-2008-3910

NameCVE-2008-3910
Descriptiondns2tcp before 0.4.1 does not properly handle negative values in a certain length field in the input argument to the (1) dns_simple_decode or (2) dns_decode function, which allows remote attackers to overwrite a buffer and have unspecified other impact.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs497730

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
dns2tcp (PTS)sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye0.5.2-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
dns2tcpsource(unstable)0.4.dfsg-2medium497730

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