CVE-2000-0829

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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/.

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/.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Red Hat Linux

First reported 24 years ago

2000-11-14 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Linux 6.2 tmpwatch 2.2

2.2

Red Hat Linux 6.0 tmpwatch 2.5.1

2.5.1

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