{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-vvr6-r92h-x7jw",
  "modified": "2022-07-26T00:00:37Z",
  "published": "2022-02-22T00:00:18Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-4115"
  ],
  "details": "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",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4115"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172849/polkit-File-Descriptor-Exhaustion.html"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-02-21T22:15:00Z"
  }
}