Vulnerability in Dave Mills Ntpd
CVE-2005-2496
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (36.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/19055 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21464 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/16602 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22035 (vdb-entry)