2000204

	Ascend Attack
advICE :Intrusions : 2000204

FAQ

Oh my gosh, I'm being HACKED!!!

How do I report the hacker to my ISP?

I'm seeing lots of attacks, is this normal?

Summary
A possible intruder has sent a malformed UDP probe packets to the discard port (port 9)
Details
This exploit kills Ascend routers by sending them a specially formatted malformed TCP packet. On certain versions of the Ascend operating system, the router can be forced to cause an internal error, resulting in the router rebooting.

more information

Bugtraq: Fix for Ascend Kill
Ascend bugs: Bug in Ascend router that can cause it to crash.
CVE-1999-0060 Ascend MAX and Pipeline DoS using discard packets.
http://p.ulh.as/xploitsdb/Others/ascend4.html
NAI Advisory: 026 Security Issues with Ascend Routing Hardware
BugtraqID: 714 Ascend MAX UDP Port 9 Vulnerability

 
Version appeared: 1.8.5.5

Ascend Attack