Link Following Affecting parallel package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-PARALLEL-275425
- published 2 Jun 2015
- disclosed 2 Jun 2015
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:8
parallel
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream parallel
package and not the parallel
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4156
- 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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-4156