PT-2001-1096 · Id · Quake 1+1

Published 2001-07-17 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1569

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) NetQuake (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, either through resource exhaustion or forced disconnection, by flooding the server with spoofed UDP connection packets. This type of attack can exceed the server's player limit.

Recommendations For Quake 1, restrict access to the server to minimize the risk of exploitation. For NetQuake, consider implementing rate limiting on incoming UDP connections to prevent packet flooding. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1569

Affected Products

Netquake

Quake 1

References · 7

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3051 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21012 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1569 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91012172524181&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6871 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/197268 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925989&w=2 · Note