Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 2, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-4155

Description

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.

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Affected products

GNU/Parallelllm-fuzzy2 versions
<20150422+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <20150422
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:parallel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=20150322

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/74962nvd

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