CVE
- Id
- 1046
- CVE No.
- CVE-1999-1066
- Status
- Candidate
- 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.
- Phase
- Proposed (20010912)
- Votes
- MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(4) Christey, Cole, Foat, Wall
- Comments
- Christey> This is apparently a problem with the connection protocol. | See BUGTRAQ:19980522 NetQuake Protocol problem resulting in smurf like effect. | URL:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925989&w=2 | Frech> XF:quake-udp-connection-dos(7862)