CVE-2008-5617

Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

rsyslog: 3.12.1, 3.12.2, 3.12.3, 3.12.4, 3.12.5, 3.13.0 (+22)

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
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

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