CVE-1999-1379 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

DNS allows remote attackers to use DNS name servers as traffic amplifiers via a UDP DNS query with a spoofed source address, which produces more traffic to the victim than was sent by the attacker.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dnstools_software:dnstools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1360	DNS allows remote attackers to use DNS name servers as traffic amplifiers via a UDP DNS query with a spoofed source address, which produces more traffic to the victim than was sent by the attacker.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01555.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AL-1999.004.dns_dos
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/j-063.shtml
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93348057829957&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93433758607623&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7238.php

History

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Subscriptions

Dnstools Software Dnstools

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:02.922Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1379

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1379

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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