vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5304-1 (CVE-2021-4115): PolicyKit vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | 2022-02-21 | 2023-03-22 | 2023-03-22 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
2022-02-21
Added
2023-03-22
Modified
2023-03-22
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
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-policykit-1
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