RedHat Linux 6.1 i386 - Tmpwatch Recursive Write Denial of Service

RedHat Linux 6.1 i386 - Tmpwatch Recursive Write Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1664/info Any user with write access to /tmp or /var/tmp, can induce tmpwatch to cause Red Hat and others runnng tmpwatch from cron to stop responding, and possibly require a hard reboot...

tmpwatch: local DoS : fork()bomb as root

sent through bugzilla.redhat.com no reply from responsible person. here it goes. Local DoS in /usr/sbin/tmpwatch. root forkbombs himself. tmpwatch is a bad boy Summary Local people can stop things working, and force you to reboot.  Longer summary Any user with write access to /tmp or /var/tmp ca...