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CVE-1999-1379

Published: Mar 9, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.6%
Top 16.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

dnstools software
commercial
dnstoolsOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AL-1999.004.dns_dos
ftp.auscert.org.au
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/j-063.shtml
ciac.llnl.gov
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93348057829957&w=2
marc.info
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