8.5

CVE-2008-5617: rsyslog

CVSS: 8.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5617
Published 17-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5617 is a high (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in rsyslog. EPSS estimates a 2.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • rsyslog< 3.18.6-1
Rsyslog1 product
  • rsyslog3.12.1 | 3.12.2 | 3.12.3 | 3.12.4 | 3.12.5 | 3.13.0 | 3.15.0 | 3.15.1:beta | 3.17.0 | 3.17.1 | 3.17.4:beta | 3.17.5:beta | 3.19.0 | 3.19.1 | 3.19.2 | 3.19.3 | 3.19.4 | 3.19.5 | 3.19.6 | 3.19.7 | 3.19.8 | 3.19.9 | 3.19.10 | 3.19.11 | 3.19.12 | 3.20.0 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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