CVE-2015-4156

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4156
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-02 14:59:16 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGNU 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Parallel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU Parallel Security Advisory: GNU Parallel can be tricked into overwri af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Vendor Advisory
GNU Parallel CVE-2015-4156 Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0968-1: moderate: Security update for GNU parallel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
GNU Parallel 20150522 ('Nepal') released [stable] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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