[Dxspider-support] (no subject)

Dirk Koopman djk at tobit.co.uk
Wed Feb 22 15:55:47 GMT 2017


If you are not using it, go ahead. But it does make updating slightly 
more challenging. I'd go look for a .forward file and/or /etc/aliases 
that has convkeps in it.

Try (as root):

  grep -r convkeps /etc

and

  grep convkeps /home/*/.forward

If you send me some details off list and open your firewall to an IP 
address I'll give you, I can go and look. These things don't happen by 
magic.

Dirk

On 22/02/17 13:29, Michael Walker via Dxspider-support wrote:
> I pulled out the image so I can reply.
>
> There are no cron jobs either root or sysop.  This is a new build.
>
> However, something started to log in as root and there was over 500 of 
> them.  I will need to spend a lot more time going through the logs to 
> see if I can see anything unusual.  Since I don't do this for a 
> living, that is going to take a while.
>
> I have changed the root password, but I am not sure that will help if 
> they way they got in was via some other method.
>
> The cluster runs under sysop.
>
> Can I rename convkeps.pl <http://convkeps.pl> so it doesn't execute?
>
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 7:50 AM, Michael Walker <mike at portcredit.net 
> <mailto:mike at portcredit.net>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks Dirk
>
>     Not that I can see.  In fact, I don't have any crons listed under
>     root or sysop.
>
>     Mike va3mw
>
>
>     On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 7:27 AM, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support
>     <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org
>     <mailto:dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>> wrote:
>
>         Do you have a (dxspider) cron job that is trying to run
>         convkeps.pl <http://convkeps.pl>? Normally I would expect this
>         to be a system job that is triggered by an incoming email
>         (containing keps) being redirected to convkeps.pl
>         <http://convkeps.pl> from an aliases or .forward file. It may
>         also be the case that, since this program hasn't been touched
>         since 2007, that formats have changed and it is looping, then
>         eventually dying or killed off by the linux space reaper when
>         it needs some extra RAM and it can't get it any other way.
>
>         Dirk
>
>
>         On 22/02/17 02:38, Michael Walker via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>         Has anyone seen this?
>>
>>         Something is spawning all these.  Intrusion?
>>
>>         Mike va3mw
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         sysop     8769  8728  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8770  7041  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8771  3426  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8772  8732  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8773  6898  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8774  8730  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8775  7040  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8776  7038  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8777  8731  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8778  8729  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8779  5238  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8780  7037  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8781  8737  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8782  7043  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8783  8733  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8784  8726  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8785  5239  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8786  7039  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         sysop     8787  6897  0 00:02 ?  00:00:00 [convkeps.pl
>>         <http://convkeps.pl>] <defunct>
>>         root      9091 2  0 03:57 ?        00:00:00 [kworker/3:1]
>>         root      9183 2  0 05:01 ?        00:00:01 [kworker/1:3]
>>         root      9324 2  0 07:01 ?        00:00:03 [kworker/0:0]
>>         root      9418 2  0 08:19 ?        00:00:32 [kworker/2:1]
>>         root      9892 2  0 15:01 ?        00:00:00 [kworker/1:1]
>>         root     10235 2  0 20:01 ?        00:00:00 [kworker/2:0]
>>         postfix  10261  1846  0 20:27 ?  00:00:00 pickup -l -t unix -u
>>         root     10300 2  0 21:01 ?        00:00:00 [kworker/0:2]
>>         root     10319 2  0 21:22 ?        00:00:00 [kworker/1:2H]
>>         root     10322 2  0 21:27 ?        00:00:00 [kworker/u8:1]
>>         root     10324 2  0 21:27 ?        00:00:00 [kworker/1:0H]
>>         root     10327 2  0 21:32 ?        00:00:00 [kworker/u8:2]
>>         root     10330 2  0 21:32 ?        00:00:00 [kworker/1:1H]
>>         root     10333  1080  0 21:33 ?  00:00:01 sshd: root at pts/0
>>         root     10337 10333  0 21:34 pts/0  00:00:00 -bash
>>         root     10361 2  0 21:36 ?        00:00:00 [ath9k-hwrng]
>>         root     10362 10337  0 21:37 pts/0  00:00:00 ps -ef
>>         root     10363 10337  0 21:37 pts/0  00:00:00 less
>>
>>
>>
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