CVE-2021-4115

2022-02-2100:00:00

CWE-400

redhat

www.cve.org

flaw

polkit

unprivileged user

process crash

file descriptor exhaustion

availability

AI Score

5.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

43.4%

JSON

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

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "polkitd",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0.117",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]