CVE-1999-1569 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Quake 1 and NetQuake servers allow remote attackers to cause)
Quake 1 and NetQuake servers allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion or forced disconnection) via a flood of spoofed UDP connection packets, which exceeds the server's player limit.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1569 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-07-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Quake 1 and NetQuake servers allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion or forced disconnection) via a flood of spoofed UDP connection packets, which exceeds the server's player limit. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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