CVE-2005-2496Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Mills Ntpd

Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 2
Latest updateMay 1

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDdave_mills/ntpd4.2.0.a.2004-06-17_4.fc3
debiandebian/ntp< ntp 1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1 (bullseye)
Debianntp/ntp< 1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rr7w-f67q-fhr8: The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon before 42022-05-01
OSV
CVE-2005-2496: The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon before 42005-09-02

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ntp server vulnerability2005-09-02
Red Hat
security flaw2005-08-25
Debian
CVE-2005-2496: ntp - The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon before 4.2.0b, when run with the -u option and using...2005

📐Framework References

2
CWE
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CWE
Improper Privilege Management

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2005-2496 security flaw2018-08-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2005-2496 improper group set when running ntpd2005-02-24