CVE-2021-4115 describes a flaw in polkit that allows an unprivileged local user to trigger a denial-of-service by causing polkit to crash due to file descriptor exhaustion. This vulnerability affects various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, Oracle, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), the attack requires local access and has low complexity, primarily impacting system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.117CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.117:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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