CVE catalog

CVE-2015-4155

parallel: CVE-2015-4155

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Severity
Low
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.37% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianparallelsid20240222+ds-4fixed
Debianparallelforky20240222+ds-4fixed
Debianparalleltrixie20240222+ds-2fixed
Debianparallelbookworm20221122+ds-2fixed
Ubuntuparallel16.0420141022+ds1-1vulnerable
Ubuntuparallel16.0420161222-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianparallelsourcesid20161222-1unimportantNot reported[787954]
Debianparallelsourceforky20161222-1unimportantNot reported[787954]
Debianparallelsourcetrixie20161222-1unimportantNot reported[787954]
Debianparallelsourcebookworm20161222-1unimportantNot reported[787954]
Ubuntuparalleldeb16.0420161222-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2015-4155Not reported

[Debian bug #787954]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [parallel]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 20221122+ds-2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 20161222-1

      dsa · parallel · debian · bookworm; dsa · parallel · debian · 12

    • 20221122+ds-2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 20161222-1

      dsa · parallel · debian · bookworm; dsa · parallel · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [parallel]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 20240222+ds-2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 20161222-1

      dsa · parallel · debian · 13

    • 20240222+ds-2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 20161222-1

      dsa · parallel · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]