Free and open-source vulnerability scanner

Mageni eases for you the vulnerability scanning, assessment, and management process. It is free and open-source.

Install Now

Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux

App screenshot

CVE-2008-5617

CVE information

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
8.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
7.8/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.15.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -