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TI-2001-00761 Aliases CVE-2001-0790GHSA-87wq-w6qm-2mhm

Specter IDS version 4.5 and 5.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service…

Priority LOW 25Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01272 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:specter:specter_ids:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableSpecter
cpe:2.3:a:specter:specter_ids:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableSpecter
  • cpe:2.3:a:specter:specter_ids:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·Specter
  • cpe:2.3:a:specter:specter_ids:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Specter

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0790
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-87wq-w6qm-2mhm

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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