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Date:      Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:35:18 -0500
From:      Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com>
To:        "BSDJunk" <BSDJunk@bzerk.org>
Cc:        <jacks@sage-american.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Intruder attempts?
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20011212003317.02b7d320@mail.enterit.com>
In-Reply-To: <048101c18149$ca0363a0$0801a8c0@lan.1729.net>
References:  <5.1.0.14.0.20011210014602.04020258@mail.enterit.com>

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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
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> >
> >
> >
> > - Jim
> >
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- Jim

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