CVE-1999-1569 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Quake servers by flooding spoofed UDP packets to exceed player limits.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1569?
CVE-1999-1569 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Quake 1 and NetQuake servers allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion or forced disconnection) via a flood of spoofed UDP connection packets, which exceeds the server's player limit.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1569?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Id Software Quake.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1569?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1569 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-1999-1569 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1569 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j5v7-8m23-gqjv.