Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU61268

#VU61268 Resource exhaustion in polkit - CVE-2021-4115

Published: March 13, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU61268

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4115

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
polkit

Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to process file descriptor exhaustion in polkit. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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