DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2496

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Source

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

Import Source

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JSON Data

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Upstream

CVE-2005-2496

Published

2005-09-02T17:03:00Z

Modified

2025-09-24T23:53:41.632054Z

Summary

[none]

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

Debian:11 / ntp

Package

Name: ntp
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ntp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}