Is CVE-2008-5618 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-5618 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-5618?

CVE-2008-5618 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-5618?

CVE-2008-5618 has an EPSS score of 1.17% (64th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5618?

Upgrade rsyslog on debian 11 to 3.18.6-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-5618

MEDIUM

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

rsyslogDebian

Fixed in:3.18.6-1CVE-2008-5618

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

rsyslog.com

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