CVE-2008-5617

Name	CVE-2008-5617
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	508027

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
rsyslog (PTS)	buster, buster (security)	8.1901.0-1+deb10u2	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	8.2102.0-2+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	8.2302.0-1	fixed
	trixie	8.2402.0-1	fixed
	sid	8.2404.0-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
rsyslog	source	(unstable)	3.18.6-1			508027