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CVE-2008-5618

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Published: Dec 17, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

imudp in rsyslog 4.x before 4.1.2, 3.21 before 3.21.9 beta, and 3.20 before 3.20.2 generates a message even when it is sent by an unauthorized sender, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via a large number of spurious messages.

Affected (4)

Products: Rsyslog: Rsyslog
1 product
Rsyslog
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Rsyslog
Version 3.12.1
Version 3.20.0
Version 4.1.0
Version 4.1.1

References (2)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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