CVE-2008-5617

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5617

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-5617.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-5617

Downstream

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5617

Published

2008-12-17T02:30:00Z

Modified

2025-08-09T19:01:27Z

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32857
http://www.rsyslog.com/Article322.phtml
http://www.rsyslog.com/Article327.phtml
http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32630
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47080

CVE-2008-5617

Affected packages