DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5617

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5617

    Published: 17 Dec 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-5617

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5617

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsyslog

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.18.6-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High