CVE-2005-2496

Published Sep 2, 2005

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:dave_mills:ntpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "15B98E7B-989D-4677-90A2-0314EFBCB45E",
            "versionEndIncluding": "4.2.0.a.2004-06-17_4.fc3"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References