Flaw in polkit
21251
29 July 2022
29 July 2022
Closed
Medium
Base Score: 5.5 MEDIUM - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A
CVE-2021-4115
Summary Security Advisory ID : BSA-2022-2011 Component : Polkit Revision : 1.0
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
Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable
No Brocade Fibre Channel Products from Broadcom are known to be affected by this vulnerability.
Revision History
| Version | Change | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Initial Publication | Jul 29, 2022 |