CVE-2008-5618 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the imudp module of rsyslog versions 4.x before 4.1.2, 3.21 before 3.21.9 beta, and 3.20 before 3.20.2. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to cause disk consumption by sending a large volume of unauthorized messages. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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