| Name | CVE-2020-21583 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 786804 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| util-linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.26.2+really2.25.2-6+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2.29.2-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.29.2-1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.33.1-0.1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.36.1-8+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.38.1-5+deb12u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.38.1-5+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.40.2-12 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| util-linux | source | (unstable) | 2.27-1 | | | 786804 |
Notes
[jessie] - util-linux <ignored> (hwclock is not setuid on jessie)