CVE-1999-1176: Aaron Ledbetter Cidentd

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: any version
• Jidentd Jidentd: any version

Published 1998-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.