New Active Exploit: memcached on port 11211 UDP & TCP being exploited for reflection attacks

[fhr at fhrnet.eu (Filip Hruska)]

This is just stupid.   
  

  
OVH is one of the largest server providers in the world - of course they will be at the top of that list.   
  
What exactly should they do, according to you?
  
Why should people de-peer them?   
  

  
Regards,   
  
Filip Hruska
  

  
  
  
  
  
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> On 28 Feb 2018 at 1:13 am,  <Dan Hollis>  wrote:
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>  OVH does not suprise me in the least. Maybe this is finally what it will take to get people to de-peer them. -Dan On Tue, 27 Feb 2018, Ca By wrote:  >  Please do take a look at the cloudflare blog specifically as they name and  >  shame OVH and Digital Ocean for being the primary sources of mega crap  >  traffic  >   >  https://blog.cloudflare.com/memcrashed-major-amplification-attacks-from-port-11211/  >   >  Also, policer all UDP all the time... UDP is unsafe at any speed.  >   >   >  On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:28 PM Barry Greene wrote:  >   >>  Hello Fellow NANOGer,  >>   >>  If you have not already seen it, experiences it, or read about it, working  >>  to head off another reflection DOS vector. This time it is memcached on  >>  port 11211 UDP  &  TCP. There are active exploits using these ports.  >>  Reflection attacks and the memcached is not new. We know how reflection  >>  attacks work (send a spoofed packet to a device and have it reflected back  >>  (yes please deploy source address validation and BCP 38).  >>   >>  Operators are asked to review their networks and consider updating their  >>  Exploitable Port Filters (Infrastructure ACLs) to track or block UDP/TCP  >>  port 11211 for all ingress and egress traffic. If you do not know about  >>  iACLs or Explorable port filters, you can use this white paper details and  >>  examples from peers on Exploitable Port Filters:  >>  http://www.senki.org/operators-security-toolkit/filtering-exploitable-ports-and-minimizing-risk-to-and-from-your-customers/  >>   >>  Enterprises are also asked to update their iACLs, Exploitable Port  >>  Filters, and Firewalls to track or block UDP/TCP port 11211 for all ingress  >>  and egress traffic.  >>   >>  Deploying these filters will help protect your network, your organization,  >>  your customers, and the Internet.  >>   >>  Ping me 1:1 if you have questions.  >>   >>  Sincerely,  >>   >>  --  >>  Barry Raveendran Greene  >>  Security Geek helping with OPSEC Trust  >>  Mobile: +1 408 218 4669  >>  E-mail: bgreene at senki.org  >>   >>  ----------------------------  >>  Resources on memcached Exploit (to evaluate your risk):  >>   >>  More information about this attack vector can be found at the following:  >>   >>  â?¢ JPCERT â?? memcached ã?®ã?¢ã?¯ã?»ã?¹å?¶å¾¡ã?«é?¢ã??ã??注æ??å??èµ· (JPCERT-AT-2018-0009)  >>  http://www.jpcert.or.jp/at/2018/at180009.html  >>  â?¢ Qrator Labs: The memcached amplification attacks reaching 500  >>  Gbps  >>   >>  https://medium.com/@qratorlabs/the-memcached-amplification-attack-reaching-500-gbps-b439a7b83c98  >>  â?¢ Arbor Networks: memcached Reflection/Amplification Description  >>  and DDoS Attack Mitigation Recommendations  >>   >>  https://www.arbornetworks.com/blog/asert/memcached-reflection-amplification-description-ddos-attack-mitigation-recommendations/  >>  â?¢ Cloudflare: Memcrashed â?? Major amplification attacks from UDP  >>  port 11211  >>   >>  https://blog.cloudflare.com/memcrashed-major-amplification-attacks-from-port-11211/  >>  â?¢ Link11: New High-Volume Vector: Memcached Reflection  >>  Amplification Attacks  >>   >>  https://www.link11.com/en/blog/new-high-volume-vector-memcached-reflection-amplification-attacks/  >>  â?¢ Blackhat Talk: The New Page of Injections Book: Memcached  >>  Injections by Ivan Novikov  >>   >>  https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-14/materials/us-14-Novikov-The-New-Page-Of-Injections-Book-Memcached-Injections-WP.pdf  >>  â?¢ Memcache Exploit  >>  http://niiconsulting.com/checkmate/2013/05/memcache-exploit/  >>   >   
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