CVE-1999-1379: Dnstools Software Dnstools

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

Published 1999-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.