[ISN] SANS Security Alert. Code Red Is Set to Come Storming Back!

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Date: Tue Jul 31 2001 - 00:35:25 PDT

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    The is probably the first time Microsoft, The National Infrastructure
    Protection Center, Federal Computer Incident Response Center
    (FedCIRC), Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), CERT
    Coordination Center, SANS Institute, Internet Security Systems, &
    Internet Security Alliance have jointly agreed on anything. :)
    
    - WK
    
    
    
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    Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 19:21:31 -0600 (MDT)
    From: The SANS Institute <sansat_private>
    To: William Knowles 
    Subject: SANS Security Alert. Code Red Is Set to Come Storming Back!
    
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    SANS Security Alert. Code Red Is Set to Come Storming Back!
    
    SANS, Microsoft, the NIPC, CERT/CC and four other leading security
    organizations released the following alert today (Sunday, January 29)
    at 4 pm. EDT.
    
    
    A Very Real and Present Threat to the Internet:  July 31 Deadline
    For Action
    
    Summary: The Code Red Worm and mutations of the worm pose a continued
    and serious threat to Internet users.  Immediate action is required
    to combat this threat. Users who have deployed software that is
    vulnerable to the worm (Microsoft IIS Versions 4.0 and 5.0) must
    install, if they have not done so already, a vital security patch.
    
    How Big Is The Problem? On July 19, the Code Red worm infected more
    than 250,000 systems in just 9 hours. The worm scans the Internet,
    identifies vulnerable systems, and infects these systems by installing
    itself. Each newly installed worm joins all the others causing
    the rate of scanning to grow rapidly. This uncontrolled growth in
    scanning directly decreases the speed of the Internet and can cause
    sporadic but widespread outages among all types of systems. Code Red
    is likely to start spreading again on July 31st, 2001 8:00 PM EDT and
    has mutated so that it may be even more dangerous.  This spread has
    the potential to disrupt business and personal use of the Internet
    for applications such as electronic commerce, email and entertainment.
    
    Who Must Act? Every organization or person who has Windows NT or
    Windows 2000 systems AND the IIS web server software may be vulnerable.
    IIS is installed automatically for many applications. If you are not
    certain, follow the instructions attached to determine whether you
    are running IIS 4.0 or 5.0.  If you are using Windows 95, Windows 98,
    or Windows Me, there is no action that you need to take in response
    to this alert.
    
    What To Do If You Are Vulnerable?
    
    a. To rid your machine of the current worm, reboot your computer.
    b. To protect your system from re-infection: Install Microsoft's
    patch for the Code Red vulnerability problem:
      Windows NT version 4.0:
    http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30833
     Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server:
    http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30800
    
    Step-by-step instructions for these actions are posted at
    www.digitalisland.net/codered
    
    Microsoft's description of the patch and its installation, and the
    vulnerability it addresses is posted at:
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=
    /technet/security/bulletin/MS01-033.asp
    
    Because of the importance of this threat, this alert is being made
    jointly by:
    
    Microsoft
    The National Infrastructure Protection Center
    Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCIRC)
    Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
    CERT Coordination Center
    SANS Institute
    Internet Security Systems
    Internet Security Alliance
    
    
    
    
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