{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2000-0829", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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/." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "linux-tmpwatch-fork-dos(5217)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5217" }, { "name": "20000909 tmpwatch: local DoS : fork()bomb as root", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/81364" }, { "name": "RHSA-2000:080", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-080.html" }, { "name": "1664", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1664" } ] } }