Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-0829 - Unspecified vulnerability in Redhat Linux and Tmpwatch
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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/.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 | |
| OS | 1 |
Exploit-Db
| description | RedHat Linux 6.1 i386 Tmpwatch Recursive Write DoS Vulnerability. CVE-2000-0829. Dos exploit for linux platform |
| id | EDB-ID:20217 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 2000-09-09 |
| published | 2000-09-09 |
| reporter | zenith parsec |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/20217/ |
| title | RedHat Linux 6.1 i386 - Tmpwatch Recursive Write DoS Vulnerability |
Redhat
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