CVE-2015-4156 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2015-06-02

Score: 3.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:parallel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-4180	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00052.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00090.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74961

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Parallel

Opensuse Opensuse

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-06-02T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.813Z

Reserved: 2015-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4156

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-02T14:59:16.333

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-4156

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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