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Date:      Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:36:08 -0600
From:      jacks@sage-american.com
To:        Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com>, "BSDJunk" <BSDJunk@bzerk.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Intruder attempts?
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20011211233608.01078190@mail.sage-american.com>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011212003317.02b7d320@mail.enterit.com>
References:  <048101c18149$ca0363a0$0801a8c0@lan.1729.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20011210014602.04020258@mail.enterit.com>

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"...However, I am still correct that this is an rpc.statd 
exploit...."

Yes, I think this is correct and the attempts are daily... it's happening
right now! Thanks for the clues.

At 12:35 AM 12.12.2001 -0500, Jim Conner wrote:
>At 08:10 12.10.2001 +0100, BSDJunk wrote:
>
>>Portmap has nothing to do with rsh or rcp. It is needed for NFS servers and
>>for NIS e.g.
>
>Heh, I hate it when I say dumb ie wrong things. :)  Thank you for 
>correcting me.  However, I am still correct that this is an rpc.statd 
>exploit.  In /etc/rc.conf (/etc/defaults/rc.conf) find rpc_statd_enable and 
>make it equal to "NO".
>
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jim Conner" <jconner@enterit.com>
>>To: <jacks@sage-american.com>
>>Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
>>Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:46 AM
>>Subject: Re: Intruder attempts?
>>
>>
>> > At 07:58 12.09.2001 -0600, jacks@sage-american.com wrote:
>> > >I've noticed this often on the console of the server and appears to be
>> > >intruder attempts to login: This is just a snipet:
>> > >
>> > ><snip/>
>> > >server1.net kernel log messages:
>> > > > Dec  8 03:41:47 sage-one rpc.statd: invalid hostname to sm_stat:
>> >
>>
>^X\M-w\M^?\M-?^X\M-w\M^?\M-?^Y\M-w\M^?\M-?^Y\M-w\M^?\M-?^Z\M-w\M^?\M-?^Z\M-
>>w
>> >
>>
>\M^?\M-?^[\M-w\M^?\M-?^[\M-w\M^?\M-?%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%236x%n%137x
>>%
>> > >n%10x%n%192x%nM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^PM-^P
>> > ></snip>
>> > >
>> >
>> > This is a bad thing.  This is somebody attempting to use a buffer
>>olverflow
>> > exploit against your rpc services.  If you don't need them, I suggest you
>> > turn portmap off.  That means that if you don't want or need people
>> > rsh'ing, rcp'ing, etc into your box, turn off portmap.
>> >
>> > - Jim
>> >
>> >
>> > >Best regards,
>> > >Jack L. Stone,
>> > >Server Admin
>> > >
>> > >Sage-American
>> > >http://www.sage-american.com
>> > >jacks@sage-american.com
>> > >
>> > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
>> > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > - Jim
>> >
>> > -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
>> > http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=67861&lastnode_id=67861
>> >
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>>!E*
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>>R@
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>
>
>- Jim
>
>-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
>http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=67861&lastnode_id=67861
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>
>

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Server Admin

Sage-American
http://www.sage-american.com
jacks@sage-american.com

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