Vulnerability in Rsyslog

CVE-2008-5617

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.

EPSS: 0.022 (80.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Rsyslog — versions 3.12.1, 3.12.2, 3.12.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References