FKIE_CVE-2005-2496
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-09-02 17:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:15
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| dave_mills | ntpd | * |
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