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CVE ID:CVE-2021-4115
Description: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
Test IDs: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2022.1874   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2022.1796   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.845259   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2022.0524.1   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2022.1580   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2022.071.01   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.819782   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2022.1850   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2022.0080   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2022.0525.2   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2022.0525.1   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2022.2206   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.854488   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2022.2187   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2022.1813   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.819750  
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-4115
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172849/polkit-File-Descriptor-Exhaustion.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115
https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e
https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html




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