Re: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Johan Kiviniemi
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 03:18:46PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > Yep. The fact that it was logged in this particular case means you're > fine. A long time ago a RedHat 6.2 box i had account on was exploited using the same exploit, and it did log that. I'd recommend running chkrootkit or some

Re: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Johan Kiviniemi
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:11:41PM +0100, David Gestel wrote: > Dec 29 14:10:58 name rpc.statd[3364]: gethostbyname error for > ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%62716x%hn%51859x%hn\220\220\ Do you use NFS, NIS or anything that needs portmap? If not, then you might want to uninstall

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2001-12-31 Thread Petre Daniel
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Re: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Johan Kiviniemi
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 03:18:46PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > Yep. The fact that it was logged in this particular case means you're > fine. A long time ago a RedHat 6.2 box i had account on was exploited using the same exploit, and it did log that. I'd recommend running chkrootkit or som

Re: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Johan Kiviniemi
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:11:41PM +0100, David Gestel wrote: > Dec 29 14:10:58 name rpc.statd[3364]: gethostbyname error for > ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%62716x%hn%51859x%hn\220\220\ Do you use NFS, NIS or anything that needs portmap? If not, then you might want to uninstall

Re: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Momchil Velikov
> "David" == David Gestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> What is this? I don't think anyone got in though, everything seems to be David> fine. David> I'm running woody and rpc.statd version 0.3.3 David> Dec 29 14:10:58 name rpc.statd[3364]: gethostbyname error for David> ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^

RE: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Gary MacDougall
Looks like a buffer overrun attempt on gethostbyname().   First I'd start poking around your logs and see if someone "got root"... Start checking the dates and times of /sbin/ etc. etc.   Then, I'd look at an exploit possibility for gethostbyname(), then double check all of your libs and s

Re: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:11:41PM +0100, David Gestel wrote: > What is this? I don't think anyone got in though, everything seems to be > fine. > I'm running woody and rpc.statd version 0.3.3 Yep. The fact that it was logged in this particular case means you're fine. -- Daniel Jacobowitz

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faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread David Gestel
What is this? I don't think anyone got in though, everything seems to befine.I'm running woody and rpc.statd version 0.3.3Dec 29 14:10:58 name rpc.statd[3364]: gethostbyname error for^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%62716x%hn%51859x%hn\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2

Re: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Momchil Velikov
> "David" == David Gestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> What is this? I don't think anyone got in though, everything seems to be David> fine. David> I'm running woody and rpc.statd version 0.3.3 David> Dec 29 14:10:58 name rpc.statd[3364]: gethostbyname error for David> ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^

RE: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Gary MacDougall
Looks like a buffer overrun attempt on gethostbyname().   First I'd start poking around your logs and see if someone "got root"... Start checking the dates and times of /sbin/ etc. etc.   Then, I'd look at an exploit possibility for gethostbyname(), then double check all of your libs and s

Re: faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:11:41PM +0100, David Gestel wrote: > What is this? I don't think anyone got in though, everything seems to be > fine. > I'm running woody and rpc.statd version 0.3.3 Yep. The fact that it was logged in this particular case means you're fine. -- Daniel Jacobowitz

faq? rpc.statd: gethostbyname error for

2001-12-31 Thread David Gestel
What is this? I don't think anyone got in though, everything seems to befine.I'm running woody and rpc.statd version 0.3.3Dec 29 14:10:58 name rpc.statd[3364]: gethostbyname error for^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%62716x%hn%51859x%hn\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2

Re: Securing bind..

2001-12-31 Thread Peter Wiersig
On Monday, 31. December 2001 14:20, Thomas Seyrat wrote: > By forcing the source port for recursive requests to a given fixed > one, do you not make yourself more vulnerable to the spoofing attacks > you were talking about, because the attacker does not have to predict > the source port of

Re: Securing bind..

2001-12-31 Thread Thomas Seyrat
Russell Coker wrote: > DNS cache machine sents out requests from source port 54 (not obscure - every > administrator of every DNS server on the net can easily discover this). > Recursive requests go to port 53 (getting a DNS client to even talk to > another port is difficult or impossible dependi

Re: Securing bind..

2001-12-31 Thread Peter Wiersig
On Monday, 31. December 2001 14:20, Thomas Seyrat wrote: > By forcing the source port for recursive requests to a given fixed > one, do you not make yourself more vulnerable to the spoofing attacks > you were talking about, because the attacker does not have to predict > the source port o

Re: Securing bind..

2001-12-31 Thread Thomas Seyrat
Russell Coker wrote: > DNS cache machine sents out requests from source port 54 (not obscure - every > administrator of every DNS server on the net can easily discover this). > Recursive requests go to port 53 (getting a DNS client to even talk to > another port is difficult or impossible depend

Re: strange log

2001-12-31 Thread Alain Tesio
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:53:38 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found this in message log,what it is > Dec 30 06:50:55 debian syslogd 1.3-3#33.1: restart. > Dec 30 07:13:36 debian -- MARK -- > Dec 30 07:33:36 debian -- MARK -- > Dec 30 07:53:36 debian -- MARK -- > Dec 30 08:13:36 debian -- MARK -- > D

Re: strange log

2001-12-31 Thread Alain Tesio
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:53:38 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found this in message log,what it is > Dec 30 06:50:55 debian syslogd 1.3-3#33.1: restart. > Dec 30 07:13:36 debian -- MARK -- > Dec 30 07:33:36 debian -- MARK -- > Dec 30 07:53:36 debian -- MARK -- > Dec 30 08:13:36 debian -- MARK -- >