Vulnerability CVE-2015-4156

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-4156 (CCN-105095)

Assigned:

2015-04-23

Published:

2015-04-23

Updated:

2018-10-30

Summary:

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 v3 Severity:

5.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

3.6 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
3.1 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-59

Vulnerability Consequences:

File Manipulation

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-4156

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Parallel Security Advisory
GNU Parallel can be tricked into overwriting a file

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

Source: MLIST
Type: Vendor Advisory
[parallel] 20150522 GNU Parallel 20150522 ('Nepal') released [stable]

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2015:0968

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Web site
GNU Parallel

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
74961

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
gnuparallel-cve20154156-symlink(105095)

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2015-4156

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/a:gnu:parallel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 20150322)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:gnu:parallel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201541560000000	V	CVE-2015-4156 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2015-06-02
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20154156000	V	CVE-2015-4156 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2015-06-02
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20154156000	V	CVE-2015-4156 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2015-06-02
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20154156000	V	CVE-2015-4156 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2015-06-02
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201541560000000	V	CVE-2015-4156 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2015-06-02
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20154156000	V	CVE-2015-4156 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2015-06-02
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201541560000000	V	CVE-2015-4156 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2015-06-02
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20154156000	V	CVE-2015-4156 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2015-06-02

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