vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2021-4115: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 19, 2022 | Feb 19, 2022 | Jun 13, 2023 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 19, 2022
Added
Feb 19, 2022
Modified
Jun 13, 2023
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
Solutions
suse-upgrade-libpolkit-agent-1-0suse-upgrade-libpolkit-gobject-1-0suse-upgrade-libpolkit0suse-upgrade-libpolkit0-32bitsuse-upgrade-pkexecsuse-upgrade-polkitsuse-upgrade-polkit-develsuse-upgrade-polkit-docsuse-upgrade-typelib-1_0-polkit-1_0
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