CVE-2021-4115

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4115
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-4115.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-4115
Downstream
Related
Published
2022-02-21T22:15:07.743Z
Modified
2026-07-08T06:01:25.618107479Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "20.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "20.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "21.10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "21.10"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "11.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "11.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "34"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "34"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "35"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "35"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.8"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.8"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit
Events
Introduced
585f4f2715639394e36319d4918389d26e250e7b
Last affected
585f4f2715639394e36319d4918389d26e250e7b
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.117:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0.117"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.117"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.117

Database specific

source 
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