CVE-2005-2496

Name	CVE-2005-2496
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-801-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
ntp (PTS)	buster	1:4.2.8p12+dfsg-4	fixed
	bullseye	1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
ntp	source	woody	(not affected)		DSA-801-1
ntp	source	sarge	1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1	medium	DSA-801-1
ntp	source	etch	1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1	medium
ntp	source	(unstable)	1:4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1	medium

I suspect DSA-801 is fixed by the non-root patches from Ubuntu??