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CVE-1999-1379 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (DNS allows remote attackers to use DNS name servers as traff)

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.

CVE IDCVE-1999-1379
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1999-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionDNS 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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