Help: rpc.statd attack

2001-06-15 Thread Michael Stutz
I saw messages on this list from early in the year about an rpc.statd exploit, and I believe it just happened to me. I'd appreciate any help from you all. I'm on a new 2.2 install from CD-ROM; both nfs-common and nfs-kernel-server are version 0.1.9.1-1. Someone on this list said that this

Re: Help: rpc.statd attack

2001-06-15 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:41:39PM -0400, Michael Stutz wrote: what I'd like to know from you all is a) was this failed -- is there any way of knowing whether or not I've been cracked and b) what should I do next? Yes, it is a failed crack attempt. You know it failed because if it

Help: rpc.statd attack

2001-06-15 Thread Michael Stutz
I saw messages on this list from early in the year about an rpc.statd exploit, and I believe it just happened to me. I'd appreciate any help from you all. I'm on a new 2.2 install from CD-ROM; both nfs-common and nfs-kernel-server are version 0.1.9.1-1. Someone on this list said that this problem

Re: Help: rpc.statd attack

2001-06-15 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:41:39PM -0400, Michael Stutz wrote: what I'd like to know from you all is a) was this failed -- is there any way of knowing whether or not I've been cracked and b) what should I do next? Yes, it is a failed crack attempt. You know it failed because if it

rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread crusius
I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban syslogd: Cannot glue message parts together Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban /sbin/rpc.statd[159]: gethostbyname error for ^X\xf7\xff\xbf^X\xf7\xff\xbf^Y\xf7\

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread Tim Haynes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban syslogd: Cannot glue message parts together Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban /sbin/rpc.statd[159]: gethostbyname error for ^X\xf7\xff\xbf^X\xf7[snip] Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: This is becoming a FAQ.. it's a failed crack attempt. Wichert. -- / Generally uninteresting signature - ignore at your convenience \ |

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread JonesMB
I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: This is becoming a FAQ.. it's a failed crack attempt. I got the same attempt on Sunday. This is what I found out about it: "The rpc.statd program passes user-supplied data to the syslog() function as a format string. If there is no input

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread Jason E . Murray
This is just a comment based on all the emails that I have been seeing here (not that I read them all, but...). In theory if you are going to leave your system setup on a public network, then you should really be filtering ALL connections to the box and ONLY ONLY ONLY allowing the services that

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 12:31:59PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban syslogd: Cannot glue message parts together Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban /sbin/rpc.statd[159]: gethostbyname error for

rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread crusius
I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban syslogd: Cannot glue message parts together Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban /sbin/rpc.statd[159]: gethostbyname error for ^X\xf7\xff\xbf^X\xf7\xff\xbf^Y\xf7\

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread Tim Haynes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban syslogd: Cannot glue message parts together Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban /sbin/rpc.statd[159]: gethostbyname error for ^X\xf7\xff\xbf^X\xf7[snip] Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: This is becoming a FAQ.. it's a failed crack attempt. Wichert. -- / Generally uninteresting signature - ignore at your convenience \ |

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread John Galt
I filed a bug against hostname for this behavior. Perhaps I should refile it against libc6... Doogie, if you're reading this and you beat me to the punch, go for it... On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread JonesMB
I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: This is becoming a FAQ.. it's a failed crack attempt. I got the same attempt on Sunday. This is what I found out about it: The rpc.statd program passes user-supplied data to the syslog() function as a format string. If there is no input

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread Jason E . Murray
This is just a comment based on all the emails that I have been seeing here (not that I read them all, but...). In theory if you are going to leave your system setup on a public network, then you should really be filtering ALL connections to the box and ONLY ONLY ONLY allowing the services that

Re: rpc.statd attack?

2001-01-09 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 12:31:59PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the following (alarming) messages on syslog: Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban syslogd: Cannot glue message parts together Jan 8 13:34:23 yuban /sbin/rpc.statd[159]: gethostbyname error for