| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2000-0829 (CCN-5217) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2000-09-09 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2000-09-09 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2017-10-10 | ||||||||
| 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/. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Denial of Service | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Sep 09 2000 - 05:58:28 CDT tmpwatch: local DoS : fork()bomb as root Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2000-0829 Source: CCN Type: RHSA-2000-080 tmpwatch has a local denial of service and root exploit Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 1549 Red Hat Linux tmpwatch Nested Directory Local DoS Source: REDHAT Type: UNKNOWN RHSA-2000:080 Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20000909 tmpwatch: local DoS : fork()bomb as root Source: BID Type: Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory 1664 Source: CCN Type: BID-1664 Tmpwatch Recursive Write DoS Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN linux-tmpwatch-fork-dos(5217) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN linux-tmpwatch-fork-dos(5217) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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