Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2496
CVE-2005-2496
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.
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References
12- secunia.com/advisories/16602nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21464nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.osvdb.org/19055nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22035nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9669nvd
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