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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0829

CVE-2000-0829

Description

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/.

Affected products

3
  • Red Hat/Tmpwatch2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tmpwatch:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tmpwatch:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tmpwatch:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Linux
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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