[wplug] odd looking entries in httpd-access.log

[Bill Moran]

"Daniel McQuay" <simplebob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello List,
> 
> I was just going through some log files and ran across some weird entries in
> my httpd-access.log.
> 
> 71.116.248.152 - - [04/Jun/2006:14:50:13 -0400] "SEARCH
> /\x90\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9
> \xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9
> 
> for this email i left out several lines of this but has any one ever seen
> this sort of thing before? I suspect that it's some sort of exploit.

It's an attempt to exploit a buffer overflow.  I'm not sure which one, but
I'm certain a few searches will turn up some exact details.

-- 
Bill Moran

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	Jayne Cobb