CVE-2005-2496

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductDave Mills Ntpd
PublishedSep 2, 2005
First seenSep 2, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
dave_mills ntpdv ≤ 4.2.0.a.2004-06-17_4.fc3—

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