CVE-2000-0829
First published: Tue Nov 14 2000(Updated: )
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/.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Tmpwatch | =2.5.1 | |
| Redhat Tmpwatch | =2.2 | |
| Redhat Linux | =6.1 |
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