CVE-2005-2496 Privilege escalation in n/a
The NTP daemon may run with incorrect privileges when using the -u option with a group name, allowing potential privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2496?
CVE-2005-2496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2496?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (8)
ntp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:4.2.0.a.20040617-4.EL4.1 |
ntp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:4.2.0.a.20040617-4.EL4.1 |
ntp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:4.2.0.a.20040617-4.EL4.1 |
ntp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:4.2.0.a.20040617-4.EL4.1 |
ntp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:4.2.0.a.20040617-4.EL4.1 |
ntp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:4.2.0.a.20040617-4.EL4.1 |
ntp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:4.2.0.a.20040617-4.EL4.1 |
ntp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:4.2.0.a.20040617-4.EL4.1 |
Products include Dave Mills Ntpd.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2496?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-2496 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2496 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2496, DSA-801-1, GHSA-rr7w-f67q-fhr8, RHSA-2006:0393.