CVE-2008-5618

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductRsyslog
PublishedDec 17, 2008
First seenDec 17, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rsyslog rsyslog3.12.1, 3.20.0, 4.1.0, 4.1.1—

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