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CVE-2001-0790 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Specter IDS version 4.5 and 5.0 allows a remote attacker to)

Specter IDS version 4.5 and 5.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a port scan, which causes the server to consume CPU while preparing alerts.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0790
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-10-18
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionSpecter IDS version 4.5 and 5.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a port scan, which causes the server to consume CPU while preparing alerts.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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