{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:26.123999793Z","published":"2008-12-17T02:30:00.217Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-5618"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5618"}],"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":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618.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":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618.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":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}