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Debian DSA-801-1 : ntp - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19571

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

SuSE developers discovered that ntp confuses the given group id with the group id of the given user when called with a group id on the commandline that is specified as a string and not as a numeric gid, which causes ntpd to run with different privileges than intended.

Solution

Upgrade the ntp-server package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.0a+stable-2sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19571

File Name: debian_DSA-801.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ntp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2496

DSA: 801