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CVE-2021-4115

CVE-2021-4115

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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

CVSS 5.5 · Medium · EPSS 0.5% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • polkitd

    Versions
    • 0.117: Affected

    No fix published

  • policykit-1 Debian:12

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 0.105-32

    Update to 0.105-32

  • policykit-1 Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 0.105-32

    Update to 0.105-32

  • policykit-1 Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 0.105-32

    Update to 0.105-32

  • policykit-1 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.105-26ubuntu1
    • 0.105-26ubuntu1.1
    • 0.105-26ubuntu1.2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 0.105-26ubuntu1.3

    Update to 0.105-26ubuntu1.3

Original sources

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