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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

  • Published: Feb 21, 2022
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2021-4115
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.