CVE-2008-5617 Information

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/32857 http://www.rsyslog.com/Article322.phtml http://www.rsyslog.com/Article327.phtml http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32630 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47080