DNS Amplification Attack: Exploiting Name Servers for Traffic Amplification

CVE-1999-1379 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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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