CVE-2008-5617

HighCVSS 8.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 8.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Dec 17, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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