CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-4156
3.6 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-06-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
GNU Parallel before 20150522 (Nepal), when using (1) --cat or (2) --fifo with --sshlogin, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Affected configurations
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
• gnu parallel (<= 20150322)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00090.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74961 www.securityfocus.com
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00090.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74961 www.securityfocus.com