CVE-2000-0829: Red Hat Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Red Hat Linux: version 6.1 only
• Red Hat Tmpwatch: version 2.2 only; version 2.5.1 only

Published 2000-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.