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cvelistRedhatCVELIST:CVE-2021-4115
HistoryFeb 21, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2021-4115

2022-02-2100:00:00
CWE-400
redhat
www.cve.org

5.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

43.4%

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"
      }
    ]
  }
]