PT-1999-1558 · Id · Quake 1

Published 1999-12-22 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1066

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Quake 1 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to use the Quake 1 server as an amplifier in a "Smurf" style attack on another host. This is achieved by spoofing an initial UDP game connection request, which the server responds to with a large amount of traffic.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1066

Affected Products

Quake 1

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1066 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94589559631535&w=2 · Note