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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:41.660Z

Reserved: 2000-10-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0829

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-11-14T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:19.140

Link: CVE-2000-0829

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-09-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-0829 - Bugzilla