sys-auth/polkit has low severity CVE-2021-4115
you can find the best description here
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141 authors claim its low severity
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115 redhat marked it as medium severity
summary from NVD:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4115
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
state as of 2022-03-01:
NVD didnt evaluate it yet: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4115
This vulnerability is currently undergoing analysis and not all information is available. Please check back soon to view the completed vulnerability summary.