CVE-2005-2496

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2496
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-02 17:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dave Mills Ntpd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-801-1 ntp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for ntp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
NTPD Insecure Privileges Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
NTP Incorrect Group Permissions Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - xntpd '-u' Switch May Cause the Daemon to Run With Incorrect Group Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
www.osvdb.org/19055 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Fedora Local Security Checks : Fedora Core 3 FEDORA-2005-812 (ntp) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityspace.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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