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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 17, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-5618

CVE-2008-5618

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.

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Affected products

5
  • Rsyslog/Rsyslog5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <4.1.2, <3.21.9 beta, <3.20.2

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