Chargen Server Detection (UDP)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1905

Synopsis

The remote host may be used to attack other hosts.

Description

A chargen server is running on this port on top of UDP. An attacker may use spoofed UDP packets to use this server to set up a 'ping pong' attack that would use this service to attack a third party host.

Solution

Disable the service.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1905

Family: Generic

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 1/15/2016