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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-09-02 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-08
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3e3ea3f0d0de33f98cec25462abc63a87b3bbba3881c2fbf62d8766b8bfcf3fb
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com14673http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0393http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.html
- www.securityspace.comFEDORA-2005-812http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=55155
- www.osvdb.org19055http://www.osvdb.org/19055
- secunia.com21464http://secunia.com/advisories/21464
- securitytracker.com1016679http://securitytracker.com/id?1016679
- secunia.com16602http://secunia.com/advisories/16602
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-1561http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:156http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:156
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comntp-incorrect-group-permissions(22035)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22035
- www.debian.orgDSA-801http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9669https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9669
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- ntp Fixed in 1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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