CVE-ID

CVE-1999-1066

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Description
Quake 1 server responds to an initial UDP game connection request with a large amount of traffic, which allows remote attackers to use the server as an amplifier in a "Smurf" style attack on another host, by spoofing the connection request.
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20010831 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20010912)
Votes (Legacy)
MODIFY(1) Frech
NOOP(4) Christey, Cole, Foat, Wall
Comments (Legacy)
 Christey> This is apparently a problem with the connection protocol.
   See BUGTRAQ:19980522 NetQuake Protocol problem resulting in smurf like effect.
   URL:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925989&w=2
 Frech> XF:quake-udp-connection-dos(7862)

Proposed (Legacy)
20010912
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