CVE-2021-4115 Affecting policykit-1 package, versions <0.105-26ubuntu1.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-POLICYKIT1-2401183
  • published15 Feb 2022
  • disclosed21 Feb 2022

Introduced: 15 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-4115  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 policykit-1 to version 0.105-26ubuntu1.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream policykit-1 package and not the policykit-1 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 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