CVE-2008-5617
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-5617 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-12-17 02:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.12.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.12.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.12.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.12.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.13.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.15.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.15.1 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.17.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.17.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.17.4 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.17.5 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.19.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.20.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 4.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 4.1.1 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSyslog "AllowedSender" Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Page not found - rsyslog | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.rsyslog.com | |
| Change Log :: syslogd supporting MySQL and TCP :: rsyslog | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.rsyslog.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| $AllowedSender not honored :: syslogd supporting MySQL and TCP :: rsyslog | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.rsyslog.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| RSyslog '$AllowedSender' Configuration Directive Security Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-12-17 | Tomas Hoger | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the rsyslog package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.