CVE-1999-1066

medium

Description

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

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94589559631535&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1999-12-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00655