CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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3.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat Linux 6.1 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown function of the file tmpwatch. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
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/.
The issue has been introduced in 10/04/1999. The weakness was published 11/14/2000 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0829. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 407 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (5217).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
10/04/1999 🔍09/09/2000 🔍
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06/27/2014 🔍
04/14/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2000-0829 (🔍)
X-Force: 5217
SecurityFocus: 1664 - Tmpwatch Recursive Write DoS Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 06/27/2014 18:10Updated: 04/14/2019 18:57
Changes: 06/27/2014 18:10 (51), 04/14/2019 18:57 (3)
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