CVE-2008-5618

rsyslog: DoS in the imupd plugin by emitting messages when a non-permitted sender tried to send a message to it

Published Dec 17, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5593 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.
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 6:34 PM
Reserved
Dec 16, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 17, 2008, 2:30 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:00 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 4, 2008, 12:00 AM