DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5618
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618
Upstream
Published
2008-12-17T02:30:00.217Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:10:54.792185Z
Summary
[none]
Details

imudp in rsyslog 4.x before 4.1.2, 3.21 before 3.21.9 beta, and 3.20 before 3.20.2 generates a message even when it is sent by an unauthorized sender, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via 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": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618.json"

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": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618.json"

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": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618.json"

Debian:14 / 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": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618.json"