MGASA-2022-0080
- Source
- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0080.html
- Import Source
- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0080.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2022-0080
- Related
- Published
- 2022-02-22T20:15:16Z
- Modified
- 2022-02-22T19:35:55Z
- Summary
- Updated polkit packages fix security vulnerability
- Details
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There is a file descriptor leak in polkit, which can enable an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to file descriptor exhaustion. (CVE-2021-4115)
- References
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- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0080.html
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30066
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2007534
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-077-polkit/
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/D6R7S5GYVKZ4LZLTJ5KNEDZRGJISXBAZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/KLISGPPFV5UH2W72SRUBNVWZWI7CWAAY/
- Credits
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- Mageia - COORDINATOR
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Affected packages
Mageia:8 / polkit
Package
- Name
- polkit
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/mageia/polkit?distro=mageia-8