cvelist/2021/4xxx/CVE-2021-4115.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2021-4115",
        "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "polkitd",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "0.117"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
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        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-400"
                    }
                ]
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        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115",
                "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141",
                "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e",
                "url": "https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "FEDORA",
                "name": "FEDORA-2022-5e6d5fe680",
                "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
            }
        ]
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    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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"
            }
        ]
    }
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