{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2496","details":"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.","modified":"2026-07-28T06:02:51.696969489Z","published":"2005-09-02T17:03:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2005-2496"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2496"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ntp","ecosystem":"Debian:11","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/ntp?arch=source&distro=bullseye"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2496.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}