cve/2005/CVE-2005-2496.md

### [CVE-2005-2496](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2496)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9669

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