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CVE-2008-5617

Date: December 16, 2008

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5617
http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml
http://www.rsyslog.com/Article327.phtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32630
http://secunia.com/advisories/32857
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-5617
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47080
http://www.rsyslog.com/Article322.phtml
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5617

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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