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
References
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172849/polkit-File-Descriptor-Exhaustion.html | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115 | Third Party Advisory |
https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ | |
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
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12 Jun 2023, 07:16
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09 Aug 2022, 00:37
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CWE | 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 - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
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References | (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 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | (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 - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
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:*:*:* |
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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
JSON object : View
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
polkit_project
- polkit
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
oracle
- zfs_storage_appliance_kit
redhat
- enterprise_linux
fedoraproject
- fedora
CWE