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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Information
Published : 2022-02-21 22:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 06:36
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
fedoraproject
- fedora
oracle
- zfs_storage_appliance_kit
polkit_project
- polkit
redhat
- enterprise_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
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