Re: OpenSSL trojan: I seem to have post-install evidence?

From: Jacques A. Vidrine (nectar@freebsd.org)
Date: 08/02/02


Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 13:30:33 -0500
From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@freebsd.org>
To: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>

On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 12:28:51PM -0500, D J Hawkey Jr wrote:
> Aug 2 12:19:04 sheol ipmon[70]: 12:19:03.572959 dc1 @1:13 b 217.162.144.117,33247 -> 208.42.101.193,33484 PR udp len 20 40 IN
> Aug 2 12:19:10 sheol ipmon[70]: 12:19:10.310476 dc1 @1:13 b 217.162.144.117,1041 -> 208.42.101.193,6667 PR tcp len 20 60 -S IN

As in your previous message, these are packets that are coming INTO
your system and are being dropped.

High UDP ports like 33484 are indicative of traceroute.

> But unlike the first, this address resolves:
>
> [sheol] ~$ nslookup 217.162.144.177
> Server: sheol.localdomain
> Address: 192.168.16.2
>
> Name: dclient217-162-144-177.hispeed.ch
> Address: 217.162.144.177
>
> And also unlike the first, the host tried some UDP first.
>
> Are we certain no exploits are in the wild, as of now?

You can never be certain. There are none known though.

> I won't post further on this unless it generates some interest.

Yes, please don't.

Cheers,

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