CVE-2000-0829
Red Hat tmpwatch - Denial of Service via Deeply Nested Directory Creation
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0829. PoCs published by zenith parsec.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in tmpwatch by creating a deeply nested directory structure in /tmp, causing excessive forking and system resource exhaustion. The provided C code and shell script automate the creation and testing of the directory tree to trigger the vulnerability.
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/.
Exploits (1)
This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in tmpwatch by creating a deeply nested directory structure in /tmp, causing excessive forking and system resource exhaustion. The provided C code and shell script automate the creation and testing of the directory tree to trigger the vulnerability.