VDB-17018 · CVE-1999-1569 · XFDB 6871

Id Software Quake 1.9 UDP denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Id Software Quake 1.9. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component UDP Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-1999-1569. In addition, an exploit is available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Id Software Quake 1.9. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component UDP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 07/17/2001 by Andrew (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1569. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling .

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6871), Exploit-DB (21012) and SecurityFocus (BID 3051†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Id Software

Name

Quake

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License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

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11/29/2024 +3798 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Andrew
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1569 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1569
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17018
X-Force: 6871 - Quake spoofed client denial of service
SecurityFocus: 3051 - ID Software Quake Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 13:29
Updated: 11/29/2024 18:54
Changes: 07/07/2014 13:29 (51), 05/31/2018 10:24 (7), 11/29/2024 18:54 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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