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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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
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2000-11-14T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:33:22.040
Link: CVE-2000-0829
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