UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21583
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21583
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21583.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21583
- Upstream
- Published
- 2023-08-22T19:16:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-16T07:41:10.426074Z
- Severity
-
- 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - low
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / util-linux
Package
- Name
- util-linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/util-linux@2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
2.*
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu10
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu11
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu12
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu13
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu14
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu15
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu16
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu17
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu18
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu19
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.1
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.2
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.3
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.6
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.7
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9