[Klug-general] SNORTing the rabbit hole

Alan @ COMM-TECH alan at communitytechnology.org.uk
Wed Feb 24 10:57:04 UTC 2010


MacGyveR wrote:
>> This one is 10.1.1.10 a Laserjet 4300 - what is that weird destination
>> address?
>>
>> EVENTS	SOURCE		DEST		METHOD
>> 1180  10.1.1.10        239.255.255.250 MISC UPnP malformed advertisement
>>
>> This is an ordinary Linux box - running nothing special with regards to
>> services... what is that method?
>>
>> EVENTS	SOURCE		DEST		METHOD
>> 974  10.1.1.182       212.49.203.231   COMMUNITY WEB-MISC mod_jrun
>> overflow attempt
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> 
> the first one is just upnp announcements, you should be able to turn it off on 
> the printer if you dont use it. (auto discover devices etc.)
> 
> the second would be a web server attack, are you running mod_jrun on apache?
> 

Your right - it appears that the UPnP advertisement is made by some
malconfigured devices (ie most them by default). One has turned out to
be an iPhone!

As for the mod_jrun - it looks like it's related to webmail -
squirrelmail in particular.

Thanks for the pointers!





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