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The tmpwatch utility in Red Hat Linux forks a new process...

Low severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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/.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 14, 2000
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

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(45th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2000-0829

GHSA ID

GHSA-8qqw-f9rj-2mrm

Source code

No known source code

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