Bugtraq: Re: unused bit attack alert

[Patrick.Mullen () GD-CS COM (Mullen, Patrick)]

> Fromthe Snort Portscan module
(http://www.clark.net/~roesch/security.html)

spp_portscan.c:

   /* Strip off the reserved bits for the testing, but flag
      that a scan is being done.
   */
   th_flags_cleaned = th_flags & ~(R_RES1 | R_RES2);

   if(th_flags != th_flags_cleaned)
   {
      scan = sRESERVEDBITS;
   }

This means that anything with reserved bits set are
shown as a portscan.  Obviously, later down flags
are checked as normal using th_flags_cleaned and
flagged appropriately.

This code was inspired by connlogd, written by
Alec Kosky, which probably is also immune to this method.

~Patrick