CVE-2008-5618 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause disk consumption denial of service in rsyslog by sending numerous spurious UDP messages without authentication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-5618?
CVE-2008-5618 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5618?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rsyslog Rsyslog.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5618?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-5618 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5618 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5618, GHSA-vp77-fmxj-574r.