CVE-2008-5617
EPSS 0.39%
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.
How to fix CVE-2008-5617
To remediate CVE-2008-5617, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/rsyslog—upgrade to 3.18.6-1 or later
Is CVE-2008-5617 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.18.6-1