CVE-2015-4156 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

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.

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 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

OpenSUSE

First reported 9 years ago

2015-06-02 14:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

References

[parallel] 20150423 GNU Parallel Security Advisory: GNU Parallel can be tricked into overwriting a file

Vendor Advisory

[parallel] 20150522 GNU Parallel 20150522 ('Nepal') released [stable]

Vendor Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2015:0968

74961

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