CVE-2008-5617

Severity

85%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

130%

The ACL handling in rsyslog 3.12.1 to 3.20.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1 does not follow $AllowedSender directive, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof log messages or create a large number of spurious messages.

The ACL handling in rsyslog 3.12.1 to 3.20.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1 does not follow $AllowedSender directive, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof log messages or create a large number of spurious messages.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 8.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C).

Overview

Type

RSYSLOG

First reported 16 years ago

2008-12-17 02:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-08 01:33:00

Affected Software

RSYSLOG 3.12.1

3.12.1

RSYSLOG 3.12.2

3.12.2

RSYSLOG 3.12.3

3.12.3

RSYSLOG 3.12.4

3.12.4

RSYSLOG 3.12.5

3.12.5

RSYSLOG 3.15.0

3.15.0

RSYSLOG 3.17.0

3.17.0

RSYSLOG 3.17.1

3.17.1

RSYSLOG 3.19.0

3.19.0

RSYSLOG 3.19.1

3.19.1

RSYSLOG 3.19.2

3.19.2

RSYSLOG 3.19.3

3.19.3

RSYSLOG 3.19.4

3.19.4

RSYSLOG 3.19.5

3.19.5

RSYSLOG 3.19.6

3.19.6

RSYSLOG 3.19.7

3.19.7

RSYSLOG 3.19.8

3.19.8

RSYSLOG 3.19.9

3.19.9

RSYSLOG 3.19.10

3.19.10

RSYSLOG 3.19.11

3.19.11

RSYSLOG 3.19.12

3.19.12

RSYSLOG 3.20.0

3.20.0

RSYSLOG 4.1.0

4.1.0

RSYSLOG 4.1.1

4.1.1

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