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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.701Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1066

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-12-22T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:00:53.097

Link: CVE-1999-1066

cve-icon Redhat

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