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MitreCVE-2000-0829

HistoryMay 07, 2001 - 4:00 a.m.

CVE-2000-0829

2001-05-0704:00:00

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2000-0829

red hat linux

tmpwatch

denial of service

nested directories

CVSS2

2.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

9.7%

JSON

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 configurations

Nvd

Node

redhattmpwatchMatch2.2

redhattmpwatchMatch2.5.1

redhatlinuxMatch6.1i386

VendorProductVersionCPE
redhattmpwatch2.2cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tmpwatch:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhattmpwatch2.5.1cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tmpwatch:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatlinux6.1cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
redhat	tmpwatch	2.2	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tmpwatch:2.2:::::::*
redhat	tmpwatch	2.5.1	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tmpwatch:2.5.1:::::::*
redhat	linux	6.1	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1::i386:::::

References

www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-080.html

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/81364

www.securityfocus.com/bid/1664

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5217

CVSS2

2.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

9.7%

JSON

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