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CVE-2001-0598

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-08-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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

• Symantec Norton Ghost: through 6.5

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0175.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2570
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6357
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0175.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2570
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6357

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