Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-5617

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.
Published 2008-12-17 02:30:00
Updated 2017-08-08 01:33:25
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2008-5617

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5617

EPSS FAQ
1.49%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 87 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5617

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
8.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
10.0
7.8
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-5617

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-5617

  • Red Hat 2008-12-17
    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the rsyslog package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

References for CVE-2008-5617

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