Hello Fellow NANOGer,

If you have not already seen it, experiences it, or read about it, working to 
head off another reflection DOS vector. This time it is memcached on port 11211 
UDP & TCP. There are active exploits using these ports. Reflection attacks and 
the memcached is not new. We know how reflection attacks work (send a spoofed 
packet to a device and have it reflected back (yes please deploy source address 
validation and BCP 38).

Operators are asked to review their networks and consider updating their 
Exploitable Port Filters (Infrastructure ACLs) to track or block UDP/TCP port 
11211 for all ingress and egress traffic. If you do not know about iACLs or 
Explorable port filters, you can use this white paper details and examples from 
peers on Exploitable Port Filters: 
http://www.senki.org/operators-security-toolkit/filtering-exploitable-ports-and-minimizing-risk-to-and-from-your-customers/

Enterprises are also asked to update their iACLs, Exploitable Port Filters, and 
Firewalls to track or block UDP/TCP port 11211 for all ingress and egress 
traffic.

Deploying these filters will help protect your network, your organization, your 
customers, and the Internet.

Ping me 1:1 if you have questions.

Sincerely,

--
Barry Raveendran Greene
Security Geek helping with OPSEC Trust
Mobile: +1 408 218 4669
E-mail: bgre...@senki.org

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Resources on memcached Exploit (to evaluate your risk):

More information about this attack vector can be found at the following:

        • JPCERT – memcached のアクセス制御に関する注意喚起 (JPCERT-AT-2018-0009)
http://www.jpcert.or.jp/at/2018/at180009.html
        • Qrator Labs: The memcached amplification attacks reaching 500 Gbps
https://medium.com/@qratorlabs/the-memcached-amplification-attack-reaching-500-gbps-b439a7b83c98
        • Arbor Networks: memcached Reflection/Amplification Description and 
DDoS Attack Mitigation Recommendations
https://www.arbornetworks.com/blog/asert/memcached-reflection-amplification-description-ddos-attack-mitigation-recommendations/
        • Cloudflare: Memcrashed – Major amplification attacks from UDP port 
11211
https://blog.cloudflare.com/memcrashed-major-amplification-attacks-from-port-11211/
        • Link11: New High-Volume Vector: Memcached Reflection Amplification 
Attacks
https://www.link11.com/en/blog/new-high-volume-vector-memcached-reflection-amplification-attacks/
        • Blackhat Talk: The New Page of Injections Book: Memcached Injections 
by Ivan Novikov
https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-14/materials/us-14-Novikov-The-New-Page-Of-Injections-Book-Memcached-Injections-WP.pdf
        • Memcache Exploit
http://niiconsulting.com/checkmate/2013/05/memcache-exploit/

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