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CVE-2021-4115 There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file…

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

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
polkitd 0.117 No fix stated
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