VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-4156
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.
LOW 3.6EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · gnu/parallel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00090.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74961
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00090.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74961
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.