Plugin ID | 118 |
Plugin name | Echo service tcp detection |
Plugin filename | Echo service tcp detection.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 3266 bytes |
Plugin family | Misc |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2004/09/01 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2004/11/16 |
Plugin version | 1.5 |
Plugin changelog | Added the NetRecon rating and corrected the CVE data in version 1.2. Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.3. Slightly modified the pattern value in 1.5 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 7 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|sleep|send ATKplugin118test\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists ATKplugin118test |
Plugin detection accuracy | 99 |
Plugin comment | This plugin was written with the ATK Attack Editor. |
Bug affected | Echo TCP service |
Bug not affected | Other services |
Bug vulnerability class | Configuration |
Bug description | The remote host is running the echo service. This service echoes any data which is sent to it. This service is unused these days, so it is strongly advised that you disable it, as it may be used by attackers to set up denial of services attacks against this host. |
Bug solution | The server should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. Under Unix systems, comment out the 'echo' line in /etc/inetd.conf and restart the inetd process. To make it harder to find the server the daemon could be configured to listen at another port (e.g. 809). Try to prevent unwanted connection attempts by filtering traffic with firewalling. Alternation of the application banner can confuse an attacker and let him determine the wrong software. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 15 minutes |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | Low |
Bug popularity | 8 |
Bug simplicity | 9 |
Bug impact | 2 |
Bug risk | 5 |
Bug Nessus risk | Low |
Bug Symantec NetRecon rating | 60 |
Bug check tools | All well-known security scanners are able to do a similar check. |
Source CVE | CVE-1999-0635 |
Source Nessus ID | 10061 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0103 |