Re: id check returned root

["Karma" <steve () frij com>]

Yup, agreed.

Just like this thread would have snort jumping up and down with alerts too.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alejandro Flores" <alejandro.flores () triforsec com br>
To: "Floyd Hartog" <floyd () webwizard dyndns ws>
Cc: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: id check returned root


> Hi Floyd,
>
> > Date:    01/27 16:03:28     Name:    ATTACK RESPONSES id check returned
root
> > Priority:    2     Type:    Potentially Bad Traffic
> > IP info:     199.233.98.101:17335 -> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:25
> > References:    none found    SID:     498
> > I am a bit confused with the output from my snort logs, which you see
> > above.  That looks bad, very bad.  But a whois seems to indicate this is
> > the vulnwatch and securityfocus outgoing mail servers.  Am I reading
> > this wrong?  Is this a snort bug, or a attack?  And what would be the
> > correct response?  Thanks for your imput.  Floyd
>
> Looks like a false positive. This rule checks for packets with
> 'uid=0(root)' inside. And it was found in your mail traffic. Check your
> mail and look for this content inside one of your messages.
>
> Regards,
> Alejandro Flores
>
>
>
>
>
> --TriForSec
> http://www.triforsec.com.br/


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