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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5617
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CVE-2008-5617

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47080

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32857

CONFIRM
  http://www.rsyslog.com/Article327.phtml
  http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml
  http://www.rsyslog.com/Article322.phtml

BID
  32630


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