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CVE-1999-1176

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in cidentd ident daemon allows local users to gain root privileges via a long line in the .authlie script.

Affected products

• Aaron Ledbetter Cidentd: all versions
• Jidentd: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88466930416716&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90554230925545&w=2
• http://spisa.act.uji.es/spi/progs/codigo/www.hack.co.za/exploits/daemon/ident/cidentd.c
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88466930416716&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90554230925545&w=2
• http://spisa.act.uji.es/spi/progs/codigo/www.hack.co.za/exploits/daemon/ident/cidentd.c

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