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CVE-2001-0598

Symantec Ghost 6.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service by sending...

5.0 Medium

CVE-2001-0598 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Symantec Norton Ghost, published July 27, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.83%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
5.0 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
1.83%EPSS, 79th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Symantec Ghost 6.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service by sending large (> 45Kb) amounts of data to the Ghost Configuration Server on port 1347, which triggers an error that is not properly handled.

Exploit likelihood

1.83%Up 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.0

Symantec Ghost 6.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service by sending large (> 45Kb) amounts of data to the Ghost Configuration Server on port 1347, which triggers an error that is not properly handled.

Record
CVE-2001-0598
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Symantec Ghost 6.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service by sending large (> 45Kb) amounts of data to the Ghost Configuration Server on port 1347, which triggers an error that is not properly handled.

Record
CVE-2001-0598
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0589No score

Symantec Ghost 6.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service by sending large (> 45Kb) amounts of data to the Ghost Configuration Server on port 1347, which triggers an error that is not properly handled.

Record
EUVD-2001-0589
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w55g-rvcg-557gNo score

Symantec Ghost 6.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service by sending...

Symantec Ghost 6.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service by sending large (> 45Kb) amounts of data to the Ghost Configuration Server on port 1347, which triggers an error that is not properly handled.

Record
GHSA-w55g-rvcg-557g
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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