A vulnerability has been reported in Dns2tcp, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

A vulnerability has been reported in Dns2tcp, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "dns_decode()" function in server/dns_decode.c. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via specially crafted encoded DNS data.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.4.2.

Update to version 0.4.2.

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