CVE-2021-4115

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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.117:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Jun 2023, 07:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172849/polkit-File-Descriptor-Exhaustion.html -

09 Aug 2022, 00:37

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-400 NVD-CWE-Other
CPE cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (N/A) https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html - (N/A) https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ - Third Party Advisory (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

25 Jul 2022, 18:18

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (N/A) https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html -

04 Mar 2022, 17:21

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115 - (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115 - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141 - (MISC) https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e - (MISC) https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e - Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 2.1
v3 : 5.5
CWE CWE-400
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.117:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

03 Mar 2022, 19:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ -

21 Feb 2022, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-02-21 22:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 22:29


NVD link : CVE-2021-4115

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4115

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-4115


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

polkit_project

  • polkit

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

oracle

  • zfs_storage_appliance_kit

redhat

  • enterprise_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption