#AmplificationFactor

Recently patched CUPS flaw can be used to amplify DDoS attacks

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October 3, 2024 at 06:36PM A vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System allows threat actors to initiate DDoS attacks with a 600x amplification factor. This exploit, triggered by a single UDP packet, can quickly recruit vulnerable servers for attacks and cause an “infinite loop” of requests, especially on outdated CUPS versions. Akamai and Cloudflare … Read more

CISA Says SLP Vulnerability Allowing Amplified DoS Attacks Exploited in the Wild

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November 9, 2023 at 05:30AM The US cybersecurity agency CISA has warned of threat actors using a Service Location Protocol (SLP) vulnerability to conduct denial-of-service (DoS) attacks with a high amplification factor. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-29552, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to register arbitrary services and use spoofed UDP traffic to amplify the magnitude of … Read more