Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2005· Updated Apr 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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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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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