Gentoo FoundationMGASA-2022-0080Updated polkit packages fix security vulnerability
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
42.5%
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)
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mageia | 8 | noarch | polkit | < 0.118-1.3 | polkit-0.118-1.3.mga8 |
References
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30066
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2007534
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/KLISGPPFV5UH2W72SRUBNVWZWI7CWAAY/
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/D6R7S5GYVKZ4LZLTJ5KNEDZRGJISXBAZ/
securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-077-polkit/
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/1
Related
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
42.5%