RE: Port 2848

From: Malin, Scott M (Scott.Malin@aetna.com)
Date: 12/20/02

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    From: "Malin, Scott M" <Scott.Malin@aetna.com>
    To: "'Mahoney, Paul'" <paul@fiberstarr.com>, nathan.grandbois@cerdant.com, "'Security Focus (E-mail)'" <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:49:32 -0500
    
    

    Ok here's the solution, you can search on Document ID:2000122012575248 and
    hit this one doc from the public Symantec KB.
     
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     Document ID:2000122012575248
    Last Modified:12/18/2002 
    Which ports are used for communication in Symantec Quarantine Server 2.0? 
    Situation:
    You want to know which TCP ports are used by the Symantec Quarantine Server
    version 2.0 to communicate with the Symantec Security Response (formerly
    known as SARC) auto-response server to submit quarantined files. You want to
    know whether opening these ports at the firewall will expose your network to
    security risks.
    Solution:
    By default, Symantec Quarantine Server 2.0 communicates with the Symantec
    Security Response auto-response server using the static ports 2847 and 2848
    and only require Outbound traffic be enabled. These ports are used by the
    Quarantine Server to submit viruses using the Scan and Deliver option. These
    ports are closed after the submission is completed. Symantec Quarantine
    Server also connects to the Internet using port 80 to obtain virus
    definition updates. Opening these ports at the firewall to allow outbound
    traffic from the Symantec Quarantine Server should not pose a security
    threat.
    Product(s): Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 7.0
    Operating System(s): Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 3.51
    Date Created: 12/20/2000 
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mahoney, Paul [mailto:paul@fiberstarr.com] 
    Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 5:09 PM
    To: nathan.grandbois@cerdant.com; 'Security Focus (E-mail)'
    Subject: RE: Port 2848
    Hi all,
    I don't want to jump the gun and make this something its not, but this
    posting bears very similar resemblance to an issue I was working on with a
    client.
    At approximately 13 minute intervals my client was seeing repeat traffic
    through his network to very similar addresses from a handful of clients.
    This was so bad it was choking his internet connection.
    After some analysis of log files we had some machines to work on, we
    discovered on each machine there was an illegally downloaded copy of Norton
    anti virus, that continually (13 min approx intervals) was downloading
    update files and not applying them, therefore, it would continually repeat
    the process throughout the day.
    Could this be a ddos?
    Paul Mahoney
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Nathan [mailto:nathan.grandbois@cerdant.com] 
    Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:30 AM
    To: Security Focus (E-mail)
    Subject: Port 2848
    I don't know if this is the proper forum for this question so if it's not
    I'm sorry.
    Appended is an excerpt of a log off of one of our firewalls. I think that
    this guy is using AIM but I can't determine. The only thing I could come up
    with for port 2847 is the AIMPP-Port Req (from all the port lists) and
    nothing for 2848. 192.168.100.2 tries to connect to 206.204.212.226 on port
    2847 then 2 minutes later to 206.204.52.98 on port 2848 then again to
    206.204.212.226 13 minutes later and the pattern repeats. Do you think this
    has anything to do with AIM or could it be some other software application
    that uses these ports and the port listing for 2847 is not entirely correct?
    12/16/2002 00:01:03.656 - TCP connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2,
    1333, LAN - Destination:206.204.52.98, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 00:14:08.256 -
    TCP connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 1741, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 00:16:04.848 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 1796, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 00:29:09.752 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 2204, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 00:31:06.096 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 2257, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 00:44:10.928 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 2690, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 00:46:07.320 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 2745, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 00:59:12.192 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 3154, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 01:01:08.368 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 3209, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 01:14:13.464 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 3615, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 01:16:09.384 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 3672, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 01:29:14.656 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 4069, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 01:31:10.544 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 4131, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 01:44:15.768 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 4558, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 01:46:11.768 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 4623, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 01:59:17.048 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 1052, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 02:01:12.896 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 1124, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 02:14:18.224 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 1529, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 02:16:14.128 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 1589, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 02:29:20.928 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 1996, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 02:31:15.624 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 2046, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 02:44:22.224 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 2475, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 02:46:16.720 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 2529, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 02:59:23.576 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 2932, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 03:01:17.864 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 2992, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.52.98, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 03:14:24.736 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 3400, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2847, WAN 12/16/2002 03:16:19.208 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 3463, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2848, WAN 12/16/2002 03:29:26.256 - TCP
    connection dropped - Source:192.168.100.2, 3862, LAN -
    Destination:206.204.212.226, 2847, WAN
    Nathan Grandbois
    Cerdant, Inc.
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