MGASA-2022-0080

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    MGASA-2022-0080

    Published: 22 Feb 2022Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-4115

    Summary: Updated polkit packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: There is a file descriptor leak in polkit, which can enable an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to file descriptor exhaustion. (CVE-2021-4115)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0080.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30066, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2007534, https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-077-polkit/, https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/D6R7S5GYVKZ4LZLTJ5KNEDZRGJISXBAZ/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/KLISGPPFV5UH2W72SRUBNVWZWI7CWAAY/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: polkit

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/polkit?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.118-1.3.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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