VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2000-0829

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.98%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-11-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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/.

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