Symlink Attack Vulnerability in GNU Parallel

CVE-2015-4155 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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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