/tmp suddenly full - possible DOS hack?
Barry Hawkins
barryhawkins at mac.com
Mon Oct 13 19:59:55 PDT 2003
List,
I have a single FreeBSD server (5.1) that I run at home behind a
firewall with ports open for ssh, dns, and http. I began having
trouble with my DNS not responding, then noticed that ssh was not
responding either. Upon logging in at the server, I noticed error
messages about my /tmp filesystem being full. Issuing df revealed the
following:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a 253678 72770 160614 31% /
devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev
/dev/ad0s1e 253678 542 232842 0% /tmp
/dev/ad0s1f 8209710 3440818 4112116 46% /usr
/dev/ad0s1d 253678 253106 -19722 108% /var
Upon further investigation, I noticed a series of grossly bloated
messages logs:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 43001 Oct 13 22:37 messages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 196001815 Oct 13 17:00 messages.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 87398 Oct 13 16:00 messages.1.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 87096 Oct 13 15:00 messages.2.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 109446 Oct 13 14:00 messages.3.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 184596 Oct 13 13:00 messages.4.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 36822 Oct 13 12:00 messages.5.bz2
This is the first BSD box that I have had that allows DNS queries, and
this is the first time I have experienced something like this. Is it
some sort of DOS attack? I am sure there are a hundred variables that
I am unaware of, but if some of the list sages could be so kind as to
prod me in the right direction(s) I would be most appreciative.
Thanks,
--
Barry C. Hawkins
All Things Computed
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