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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2005-09-02T04:00:00

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

Reserved: 2005-08-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2496

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2017-10-11T01:30:17.687

Link: CVE-2005-2496

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2005-2496 - Bugzilla