fkie_cve-2021-4115
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2022-02-21 22:15
Modified
2024-11-21 06:36
Severity ?
Summary
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
References
Impacted products
Vendor | Product | Version | |
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polkit_project | polkit | 0.117 | |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 | |
fedoraproject | fedora | 34 | |
fedoraproject | fedora | 35 | |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 20.04 | |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 21.10 | |
debian | debian_linux | 11.0 | |
oracle | zfs_storage_appliance_kit | 8.8 |
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NOTA: La duraci\u00f3n de la interrupci\u00f3n del proceso de polkit est\u00e1 ligada al proceso que falla y a la creaci\u00f3n de uno nuevo" } ], "id": "CVE-2021-4115", "lastModified": "2024-11-21T06:36:55.837", "metrics": { "cvssMetricV2": [ { "acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "LOW", "cvssData": { "accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 2.1, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P", "version": "2.0" }, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false } ], "cvssMetricV31": [ { "cvssData": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary" } ] }, "published": "2022-02-21T22:15:07.743", "references": [ { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172849/polkit-File-Descriptor-Exhaustion.html" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Patch", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Exploit", "Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Patch", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172849/polkit-File-Descriptor-Exhaustion.html" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": [ "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": [ "Patch", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": [ "Exploit", "Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": [ "Patch", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html" } ], "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "CWE-400" } ], "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "type": "Secondary" }, { "description": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other" } ], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary" } ] }
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