Vulnerability CVE-2015-4156
Published: 2015-06-02

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.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.6/10
4.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> Opensuse 
GNU -> Parallel 

 References:
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
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