CVE-2001-0598 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Symantec Ghost 6.5 and earlier versions. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending large data packets (over 45KB) to the Ghost Configuration Server on port 1347, causing an unhandled error and service disruption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication, leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_ghost:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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