CVE-2000-0829

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 2000-11-14 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0829, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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/.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0829

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