Description
There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descriptor exhaustion. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability. NOTE: Polkit process outage duration is tied to the failing process being reaped and a new one being spawned
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4553-1 | policykit-1 security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2021-33995 | There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descriptor exhaustion. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability. NOTE: Polkit process outage duration is tied to the failing process being reaped and a new one being spawned |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5304-1 | PolicyKit vulnerability |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T17:16:04.361Z
Reserved: 2021-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-4115
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Status : Modified
Published: 2022-02-21T22:15:07.743
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:36:55.837
Link: CVE-2021-4115
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN