CVE-2000-0829 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the tmpwatch utility within Red Hat Linux. This flaw allows local users to exhaust system resources by creating excessively deep directory structures in /tmp or /var/tmp/, causing tmpwatch to fork a new process for each directory level. Rated with a CVSS score of 2.1 (LOW), it requires local access and has a low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on CISA's KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tmpwatch:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tmpwatch:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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