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CVE-2005-2496

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2005-09-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Dave Mills Ntpd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References