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NTP <= 4.2.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
NTP is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The xntpd ntp (ntpd) daemon, 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.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
See the referenced vendor advisory.