CVE-1999-1379

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

31/12/1999

Last modified:

03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:dnstools_software:dnstools::::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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
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