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Re: Will the Sasser worm become the next Blaster?
From: Damian Menscher <menscher () uiuc edu>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 17:54:03 -0500 (CDT)
Gadi Evron <ge linuxbox org> wrote:
if you simply port scan for Sasser you get many false positives, as that port (5554) is also used by Oracle. If you get "200 OK" as a reply though in the first packet, it's Sasser.
Another false positive is IRIX boxes which listen to port 5554/tcp for esp-httpd (their "Embedded Support Partner"). From the default /etc/inetd.conf: sgi-esphttp stream tcp wait root /usr/etc/esphttpd esphttpd -u300 To cut down on false positives, I tried scanning for BOTH 5554/tcp AND 9996/tcp. Unfortunately we found that very few (about 2%) of the infected machines had both ports open. Another 1% had only port 9996/tcp open. The remaining 97% had only 5554 open. Damian Menscher -- -=#| Physics Grad Student & SysAdmin @ U Illinois Urbana-Champaign |#=- -=#| 488 LLP, 1110 W. Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 Ofc:(217)333-0038 |#=- -=#| <menscher () uiuc edu> www.uiuc.edu/~menscher/ Fax:(217)333-9819 |#=- -=#| The above opinions are not necessarily those of my employers: |#=- -=#| UIUC CITES Security Group || Beckman Imaging Technology Group |#=-
Current thread:
- Will the Sasser worm become the next Blaster? kers0r (May 01)
- Re: Will the Sasser worm become the next Blaster? Gadi Evron (May 01)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Will the Sasser worm become the next Blaster? Damian Menscher (May 03)
- RE: Will the Sasser worm become the next Blaster? Pullum, Stephen (May 03)