PT-1998-1163 · Cidentd · Cidentd

Published 1998-01-10 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1176

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cidentd (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue in the cidentd ident daemon allows local users to gain root privileges by providing a long line in the .authlie script.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1176

Affected Products

Cidentd

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1176 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88466930416716&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90554230925545&w=2 · Note
• http://spisa.act.uji.es/spi/progs/codigo/www.hack.co.za/exploits/daemon/ident/cidentd.c · Note