CVE-2005-2496 Information

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/16602 http://secunia.com/advisories/21464 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016679 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:156 http://www.osvdb.org/19055 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=55155 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22035 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9669