CVE-2005-2496 (GCVE-0-2005-2496)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-09-02 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:30
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-03… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.osvdb.org/19055 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/21464 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016679 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/16602 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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