CVE-2000-0829
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 7, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 15, 2000
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/.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- linux-tmpwatch-fork-dos(5217)vdb-entry
- 20000909 tmpwatch: local DoS : fork()bomb as rootmailing-list
- RHSA-2000:080vendor-advisory
- 1664vdb-entry
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