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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EUVD |
EUVD-2000-0816 | 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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:41.660Z
Reserved: 2000-10-15T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2000-0829
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2000-11-14T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2000-0829
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Weaknesses
EUVD