CVE Database · CVE-2000-0829
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
0.98%
Published
Nov 14, 2000
Modified
Jun 16, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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 (8)