CVE-2021-4115 Affecting libpolkit0 package, versions <0.116-3.9.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-LIBPOLKIT0-2642751
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Feb 2022

Introduced: 18 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-4115  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libpolkit0 to version 0.116-3.9.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpolkit0 package and not the libpolkit0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 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