CVE-2000-0829

published 2000-11-14

CVE-2000-0829: The tmpwatch utility in Red Hat Linux forks a new process for each directory level, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating deeply…

low 2.1 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L Au N C N I N A P

EXPLOIT

The tmpwatch utility in Red Hat Linux forks a new process for each directory level, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating deeply nested directories in /tmp or /var/tmp/.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
redhat	linux	—	—
redhat	tmpwatch	—	—
redhat	tmpwatch	—	—