Link Following Affecting parallel package, versions <20161222-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-PARALLEL-1556300
  • published2 Jun 2015
  • disclosed2 Jun 2015

Introduced: 2 Jun 2015

CVE-2015-4155  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 parallel to version 20161222-1 or higher.

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:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Parallel before 20150422, when using (1) --pipe, (2) --tmux, (3) --cat, (4) --fifo, or (5) --compress, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1