Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-5618
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 63.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
Products affected by CVE-2008-5618
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cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.1