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CVE-2000-0829 — LOW severity vulnerability (The tmpwatch utility in Red Hat Linux forks a new process fo)

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/.

CVE IDCVE-2000-0829
SeverityLOW
CVSS score2.1
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-11-14
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionThe 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/.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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