{"id":"MGASA-2022-0080","summary":"Updated polkit packages fix security vulnerability","details":"There is a file descriptor leak in polkit, which can enable an\nunprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to file descriptor\nexhaustion. (CVE-2021-4115)\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:41:52.329495097Z","published":"2022-02-22T20:15:16Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-4115"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0080.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30066"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2007534"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-077-polkit/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/D6R7S5GYVKZ4LZLTJ5KNEDZRGJISXBAZ/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/KLISGPPFV5UH2W72SRUBNVWZWI7CWAAY/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"polkit","ecosystem":"Mageia:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/polkit?arch=source&distro=mageia-8"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.118-1.3.mga8"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0080.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}