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.
Published: 2005-09-02
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2497 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-175-1 ntp server vulnerability
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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00098}

epss

{'score': 0.00088}


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Dave Mills Ntpd
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:01.184Z

Reserved: 2005-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2496

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-09-02T17:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2496

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2005-08-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2496 - Bugzilla

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