UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4156

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4156
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4156.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4156
Upstream
Published
2015-06-02T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:13Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / parallel

Package

Name
parallel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/parallel@20161222-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20161222-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

Other
20141022+ds1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "parallel",
            "binary_version": "20161222-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4156.json"