{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "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" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-400" } ] } ] }, "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" } ] }, "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" } ] } }