Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146237
Category:	Privilege escalation
Title:	NTPd <= 4.2.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary:	NTPd is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: NTPd is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon, 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. Solution: See the referenced vendor advisory. CVSS Score: 4.6 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2496 1016679 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016679 14673 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673 16602 http://secunia.com/advisories/16602 19055 http://www.osvdb.org/19055 21464 http://secunia.com/advisories/21464 ADV-2005-1561 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561 DSA-801 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801 FEDORA-2005-812 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=55155 MDKSA-2005:156 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:156 RHSA-2006:0393 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.html ntp-incorrect-group-permissions(22035) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22035 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9669 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9669
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