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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:02.922Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1379

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:03:48.343

Link: CVE-1999-1379

cve-icon Redhat

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