DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2496

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2496

    Published: 2 Sept 2005Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-2496

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2496

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ntp?arch=source&distro=bullseye

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High