CVE-2000-0829
N/A
Published: May 7, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:52 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorLinuxTmpwatch
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
Description
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/.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-080.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/81364VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1664VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5217Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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