CVE-2005-2496

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

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-175-1
• ntp server vulnerability
• 2 September 2005

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2496