Sasser worm and Embedded Support Partner (ESP) port 5554/tcp
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SGI Security Advisory
Title : Sasser worm and Embedded Support Partner (ESP) port 5554/tcp
Number : 20040501-01-I
Date : May 3, 2004
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It has been reported thru various channel that the Sasser Worm uses the
same port 5554/tcp as SGI Embedded Support Partner (ESP) web server,
which is enabled by default on current SGI IRIX and SGI Altix systems:
* http://www.lurhq.com/sasser.html
* http://sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sassera.html
* http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
* http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
Sites with SGI equipment portscanning for 5554/tcp should verify
the systems in question are actually not SGI systems running ESP.
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