CVE-2001-0107 — Veritas Backup agent on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by establishing a connection without sending any data, which causes the process to hang

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Veritas Backup agent on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by establishing a connection without sending any data, which causes the process to hang

Published Feb 14, 2001

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.79%

Description

Veritas Backup agent on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by establishing a connection without sending any data, which causes the process to hang.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.79% 0.01787

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01787

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.79% (0.01787)	77.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.79% (0.01787)	75.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.66% (0.00655)	69.28th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.29% (0.00289)	69.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.29% (0.00289)	68.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.29% (0.00289)	64.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958921407182&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2204
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958921407182&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2204		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 14, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Feb 6, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0107

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0107

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-0107