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CVE-1999-1379

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Dnstools Software Dnstools: all versions

References

• 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
• 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

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