Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55155
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 3 FEDORA-2005-812 (ntp)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to ntp announced via advisory FEDORA-2005-812. When starting xntpd with the -u option and specifying the group by using a string not a numeric gid the daemon uses the gid of the user not the group. This problem is now fixed by this update. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-2496 to this issue. * Fri Aug 26 2005 Jindrich Novy 4.2.0.a.20040617-5.FC3 - release update to fix CVE-2005-2496 (#147743) * Thu Apr 14 2005 Jiri Ryska - 4.2.0.a.20040617-4.FC3 - fixed gid setting when ntpd started with -u flag Solution: Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be downloaded from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/ This update can also be installed with the Update Agent you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2005-812 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 14673 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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