TI-2008-03749 Aliases CVE-2008-3910 GHSA-m93m-qfxm-hh2f

dns2tcp before 0.4.1 does not properly handle negative values in a certain length field…

MEDIUM 47CWE-189Published 2008-09-04 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

dns2tcp 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02433 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:hsc:dns2tcp::::::::	up to 0.4	Vulnerable	Hsc

cpe:2.3:a:hsc:dns2tcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.4 Vulnerable ·Hsc

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3910
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m93m-qfxm-hh2f

References

Exploit 1

[oss-security] 20080904 CVE id request: dns2tcp

Other 1

http://www.hsc.fr/ressources/outils/dns2tcp/index.html.en

Sources

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