CVE-2000-0829

Description

From CVE.org

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/.

Statement

This issue was fixed in the following products:

  • Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:080 (2000-11-08)
  • Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:080 (2000-11-08)
  • Red Hat Linux 7.0 - RHSA-2000:080 (2000-11-08)

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