Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55586
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLSA-2005:1029 (ntp)
Summary:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLSA-2005:1029 (ntp)
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLSA-2005:1029. This announcement fixes a security issue with ntpd where starting ntpd 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. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=001029 http://www.ntp.org/ Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 14673 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2496 Debian Security Information: DSA-801 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=55155 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:156 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.html http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9669 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673 http://www.osvdb.org/19055 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016679 http://secunia.com/advisories/16602 http://secunia.com/advisories/21464 XForce ISS Database: ntp-incorrect-group-permissions(22035) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22035
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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