{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5617","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:28.516690091Z","published":"2008-12-17T02:30:00.203Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-5617"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5617"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rsyslog","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.18.6-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5617.json"}},{"package":{"name":"rsyslog","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.18.6-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5617.json"}},{"package":{"name":"rsyslog","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.18.6-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5617.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}