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openSUSE Security Update : gnu_parallel (openSUSE-2015-358)

low Nessus Plugin ID 83397

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

GNU parallel was updated to version 20150422 to fix one security issue, several bugs and add functionality.

The following vulnerability was fixed :

 - A local attacker could make a user overwrite one of his own files with a single byte when using --compress,
 --tmux, --pipe, --cat or --fifo when guessing random file names within a time window of 15 ms. [boo#928664]

In addition, the update to 20150422 adds a number of bug fixes, improvements and new features.

Solution

Update the affected gnu_parallel package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=928664

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 83397

File Name: openSUSE-2015-358.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnu_parallel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2015