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

Published

2008-12-17T02:30:00Z

Modified

2024-11-21T00:54:27Z

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / rsyslog

Package

Name: rsyslog
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.18.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / rsyslog

Package

Name: rsyslog
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.18.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / rsyslog

Package

Name: rsyslog
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.18.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}