CVE-2015-4156 (GCVE-0-2015-4156)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-02 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74961 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2015-04-23 00:00
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