National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5617
Original release date:12/17/2008
Last revised:05/14/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
7.8
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (12/17/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the rsyslog package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.rsyslog.com/Article322.phtml
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: rsyslog-allowedsender-security-bypass(47080)
External Source: BID
Name: 32630
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.rsyslog.com/Article327.phtml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32857
Type: Advisory