CVE-2005-2496
N/A
Published: September 2, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNtpd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon before 4.2.0b, when run with the -u option and using a string to specify the group, uses the group ID of the user instead of the group, which causes xntpd to run with different privileges than intended.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.2.0.a.2004-06-17_4.fc3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16602Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:156Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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