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HistoryJul 29, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Flaw in polkit

2022-07-2900:00:00
Broadcom Security Response
support.broadcom.com
10

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

42.5%

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2022-2011

Component : Polkit

Revision : 1.0

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There is a flawin 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