CVE-2008-5618

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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CVE-2008-5618: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix