alsa-2022:1546
Vulnerability from osv_almalinux
Published
2022-04-26 13:49
Modified
2023-03-13 16:33
Summary
Moderate: polkit security update
Details

The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.

Security Fix(es):

  • polkit: file descriptor leak allows an unprivileged user to cause a crash (CVE-2021-4115)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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{
  "affected": [
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "AlmaLinux:8",
        "name": "polkit"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    },
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      },
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            },
            {
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            }
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        }
      ]
    },
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      },
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        }
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  ],
  "details": "The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* polkit: file descriptor leak allows an unprivileged user to cause a crash (CVE-2021-4115)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
  "id": "ALSA-2022:1546",
  "modified": "2023-03-13T16:33:23Z",
  "published": "2022-04-26T13:49:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-1546.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-4115"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2021-4115"
  ],
  "summary": "Moderate: polkit security update"
}


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