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Re: Just an FYI - Apache Worm on the loose


From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () opaltelecom co uk>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 23:30:22 +0100 (BST)


If you want to be proactive, filter this port across your backbone and you will
very quickly see what hosts have been compromised.. on the other hand individual
customers seem to use all their bandwidth so they tend to phone in pretty quick!

Steve


On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Scott Francis wrote:

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 02:26:23PM -0700, jlegate () alienchick com said:
There is an Apache worm out there, and it uses port 2001/udp to operate.  You
may wanna scan your own boxes for this open port.

Announced last week on BUGTRAQ and elsewhere.
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/279529

(and was it _really_ necessary to post a hex dump of the entire thing? The
actual source is available linked from the BUGTRAQ post above ...)



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