Re: weird rpc.statd messages on potato

2000-11-06 Thread Damian Menscher
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Rob wrote: > Hmm, well we're on nfs-utils (1:0.1.9.1-1), so would that mean > that someone is trying the exploit on us? Any way to tell where > this is coming from? Given that you're running an up-to-date nfs-utils, they didn't get in. So the only info you have on them is the

Re: weird rpc.statd messages on potato

2000-11-06 Thread Rob
Hmm, well we're on nfs-utils (1:0.1.9.1-1), so would that mean that someone is trying the exploit on us? Any way to tell where this is coming from? BTW, what was the exploit, some kind of overflow? On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 10:29:04PM -0600, Damian Menscher wrote: > On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Rob wrote: >

Re: weird rpc.statd messages on potato

2000-11-06 Thread Damon Muller
Quoth Rob, > Getting the following in our /var/log/messages > > We use NFS between two Potato boxes, this appears on > both : It's a buffer overrun exploit against rpc.statd. It seems that someone has put together a `sploit and it's the flavour of the day with the script kiddies - I've seen this

Re: weird rpc.statd messages on potato

2000-11-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
Looks like a buffer overflow attack on rpc.statd. Is your network firewalled against the internet? If you've been applying the security updates to potato you should be okay (except who got access to the ports? Insiders?). Since the log is not wiped I suspect the attack was unsuccessful. Still,

Re: weird rpc.statd messages on potato

2000-11-06 Thread Damian Menscher
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Rob wrote: > Getting the following in our /var/log/messages > > We use NFS between two Potato boxes, this appears on > both : > > Nov 6 08:03:19 rudy Ç^F/binÇF^D/shA0ÀˆF^G‰v^LV^PN^L‰ó°^K̀°^Àèÿÿÿ > Nov 6 08:03:21 rudy 173>Nov 6 08:03:21 /sbin/rpc.statd[152]: gethostbyn

weird rpc.statd messages on potato

2000-11-06 Thread Rob
Hey all, Getting the following in our /var/log/messages We use NFS between two Potato boxes, this appears on both : Nov 6 08:03:19 rudy Ç^F/binÇF^D/shA0ÀˆF^G‰v^LV^PN^L‰ó°^K̀°^Àèÿÿÿ Nov 6 08:03:21 rudy 173>Nov 6 08:03:21 /sbin/rpc.statd[152]: gethostbyname error for ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ