An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parame…

Description

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Advisories 1

• WID-SEC-2023-2348 util-linux: Schwachstelle erlaubt Privilegienerweiterung und die Ausführung von beliebigem Code BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 13, 2023

References

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786804
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132061/hwclock-Privilege-Escalation.html