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CVE-2021-4115

PoC
CVSS 3.1
5.5 medium
EPSS
<1%p43
Published
()
Modified
Description

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

Vendors
polkit projectredhatfedoraprojectcanonicaldebianoracle
Products
polkit, enterprise linux, fedora, ubuntu linux, debian linux, zfs storage appliance kit
Weakness
CWE-400
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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