CVE-2001-0598 — 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

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MEDIUM

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

Published Jul 27, 2001

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.83%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.83% 0.01830

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

EPSS probability 0.01830

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	1.83% (0.01830)	78.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.83% (0.01830)	76.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.10% (0.01102)	76.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00207)	59.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.21% (0.00207)	58.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00207)	56.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0175.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2570
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6357
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0175.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2570		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6357		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 27, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jul 27, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0598

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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