GEN:SID | 1:246 |
Message | DDOS mstream agent pong to handler |
Summary | This event is generated when an mstream agent responds to an mstream handler's "ping" request.
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Impact | Severe. If the listed source IP is in your network, it may be an mstream agent. If the listed destination IP is in your network, it may be an mstream agent.
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Detailed Information | The mstream DDoS uses a tiered structure of compromised hosts to coordinate and participate in a distributed denial of service attack. There are "handler" hosts that are used to coordinate the attacks and "agent" hosts that launch the attack. A handler can probe to see if an agent is active by sending it a UDP packet to destination port 10498 with a string of "ping" in the payload. An active agent will reply with a UDP packet to destination port 6838 with a string of "pong" in payload.
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Affected Systems | Any mstream compromised host.
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Attack Scenarios | A mstream agent may respond with a "pong" to a "ping" request from a handler.
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Ease of Attack | Simple. mstream code is freely available.
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Corrective Action | Perform proper forensic analysis on the suspected compromised host to discover the means of compromise.
Rebuild a confirmed compromised host.
Use a packet-filtering firewall to block inappropriate traffic to the network to prevent hosts from being compromised.
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Additional References | NAI: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_98662.htm SecurityFocus: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/58040 CERT: http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2000-05.html
CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0138
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