CVE-2021-4115 Affecting polkit-debugsource package, versions <0:0.115-13.el8_5.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-POLKITDEBUGSOURCE-3203728
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed21 Feb 2022

Introduced: 21 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-4115  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 polkit-debugsource to version 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:1546.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream polkit-debugsource package and not the polkit-debugsource package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1