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CVE-1999-1379

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1379 describes a DNS amplification vulnerability where remote attackers can leverage DNS name servers to generate a larger volume of traffic to a victim than initially sent by the attacker, using spoofed source addresses. This vulnerability affects dnstools_software dnstools. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), it has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, no authentication required, and results in partial availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dnstools_software:dnstools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0261 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ftp.auscert.org.au / pub/auscert/advisory/AL-1999.004.dns_dos
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
ciac.llnl.gov / ciac/bulletins/j-063.shtml
PatchVendor Advisory
marc.info
marc.info
iss.net / security_center/static/7238.php