Hello Everyone,
Fighting a bit of a nasty morning... anyone seen this before?
We have a number of servers that have password authentication disabled
as well as shell access disabled for all users except those whom have
keys. These servers run cPanel and have been updated to the following specs:
2.6.18-164.el5PAE #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 04:10:44 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386
GNU/Linux
openssh-4.3p2-36.el5_4.2
Early (around midnight-1am CST) this morning we had a widespread attack
via an unknown vector. In the attack, the only thing that I can find is
the following (IP blacked out, although it is the attackers' address):
Nov 12 04:31:22 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16083]: Received
disconnect from 100.100.100.100: 11: No supported authentication methods
available
Nov 12 04:32:14 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[11265]: Received signal
15; terminating.
Nov 12 04:32:14 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16570]: Server listening
on :: port 2.
Nov 12 04:32:14 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16570]: error: Bind to
port 2 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Nov 12 04:32:27 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16611]: Accepted password
for root from 100.100.100.100 port 3630 ssh2
Nov 12 04:32:27 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16611]:
pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
The concerning part is that it obviously appears that there is someone
reloading SSHD, but there is no successful login (at all) via shell
prior to this.
This time corresponds with a modified sshd_config that then allows
password authentication, whereby the user then logs in as root and has a
good time, so to speak.
I know that the following vulnerability is out in the wild:
Linux Kernel 'sock_sendpage()' NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
However, since the user never actually logged into the server from what
I can see, I'm still searching for the real way that this occurred.
I have logs from these servers, if you need other information to
possibly help track this down that is possible. I'm having a hard time
finding the vector for this attack though...
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Fighting a bit of a nasty morning... anyone seen this before?
We have a number of servers that have password authentication disabled
as well as shell access disabled for all users except those whom have
keys. These servers run cPanel and have been updated to the following specs:
2.6.18-164.el5PAE #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 04:10:44 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386
GNU/Linux
openssh-4.3p2-36.el5_4.2
Early (around midnight-1am CST) this morning we had a widespread attack
via an unknown vector. In the attack, the only thing that I can find is
the following (IP blacked out, although it is the attackers' address):
Nov 12 04:31:22 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16083]: Received
disconnect from 100.100.100.100: 11: No supported authentication methods
available
Nov 12 04:32:14 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[11265]: Received signal
15; terminating.
Nov 12 04:32:14 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16570]: Server listening
on :: port 2.
Nov 12 04:32:14 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16570]: error: Bind to
port 2 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Nov 12 04:32:27 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16611]: Accepted password
for root from 100.100.100.100 port 3630 ssh2
Nov 12 04:32:27 sharedserver/sharedserver sshd[16611]:
pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
The concerning part is that it obviously appears that there is someone
reloading SSHD, but there is no successful login (at all) via shell
prior to this.
This time corresponds with a modified sshd_config that then allows
password authentication, whereby the user then logs in as root and has a
good time, so to speak.
I know that the following vulnerability is out in the wild:
Linux Kernel 'sock_sendpage()' NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
However, since the user never actually logged into the server from what
I can see, I'm still searching for the real way that this occurred.
I have logs from these servers, if you need other information to
possibly help track this down that is possible. I'm having a hard time
finding the vector for this attack though...
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.