Vulnerability CVE-2005-2496
Published: 2005-09-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Dave mills -> NTPD 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22035
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=55155
http://secunia.com/advisories/16602
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9669
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.html
http://www.osvdb.org/19055
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:156
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016679
http://secunia.com/advisories/21464
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