CVE-2008-5617

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.

Published: 2008-12-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5617 is rated Moderate Risk (54.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5617

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-05-28 0.76% 0.39% -0.37%
2 2025-03-30 0.74% 0.76% +0.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.74% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5617

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 7.8 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5617

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5617

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-5617 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rsyslog), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5617
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5617
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5617 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rsyslog), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): not-affected 5, DNE 2, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5617

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-5617

  • Red Hat (2008-12-17T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the rsyslog package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5617

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rsyslog rsyslog 3.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.15.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.17.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.17.4 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.17.5 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.1 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.2 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.3 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.4 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.5 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.6 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.7 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.8 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.9 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.10 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.11 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.19.12 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 3.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsyslog rsyslog 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5617

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