CVE - CVE-2005-2496

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-2496	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-801 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801 FEDORA:FEDORA-2005-812 URL:http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=55155 MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2005:156 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:156 REDHAT:RHSA-2006:0393 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.html OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9669 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9669 VUPEN:ADV-2005-1561 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561 BID:14673 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673 OSVDB:19055 URL:http://www.osvdb.org/19055 SECTRACK:1016679 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016679 SECUNIA:16602 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/16602 SECUNIA:21464 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/21464 XF:ntp-incorrect-group-permissions(22035) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22035
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20050808	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050808)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
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