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CVE-2021-4115
Detail
Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
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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CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.11/06/2023 10:40:12 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ [No types assigned]
Removed
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CWE
NIST NVD-CWE-Other
Removed
CWE
NIST CWE-400
Changed
Reference Type
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html No Types Assigned
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.117:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CVSS V2
NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added
CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added
CWE
NIST CWE-400
Changed
Reference Type
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e No Types Assigned
https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141 No Types Assigned
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ No Types Assigned
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ Third Party Advisory