rsyslog: $AllowedSender restriction not honoured
Published Dec 17, 2008
8.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.19%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.12.1
- 3.12.2
- 3.12.3
- 3.12.4
- 3.12.5
- 3.13.0
- 3.15.0
- 3.15.1
- 3.17.0
- 3.17.1
- 3.17.4
- 3.17.5
- 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
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the rsyslog package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02194) | 81.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.91% (0.01906) | 76.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.76% (0.00763) | 71.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.30% (0.01300) | 86.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 1.30% (0.01300) | 85.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.30% (0.01300) | 83.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32857 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.rsyslog.com/Article322.phtml x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.rsyslog.com/Article327.phtml x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32630 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5617 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476647 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47080 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5617
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5617
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32857 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.rsyslog.com/Article322.phtml | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.rsyslog.com/Article327.phtml | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32630 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5617 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476647 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47080 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5617 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5617 |
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