Malware type: Elf Executable

Aliases: Net-Worm.Linux.Slapper.a (Kaspersky), Linux/Slapper.worm.a (McAfee), Linux.Slapper.Worm (Symantec), Worm/Net.Linux.A.5 (Avira), Linux/Slapper-A (Sophos), Worm:Linux/Slapper (Microsoft)

In the wild: No

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Unix/Solaris/Linux/BSD compatible systems

Encrypted: No

Description: 
This Linux worm launches a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. It uses the User Data Protocol (UDP) to execute the attack, and takes advantage of a buffer overflow vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.6d, 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier versions.

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Description created: Sep. 14, 2002 7:00:52 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Sep. 16, 2002 7:27:08 PM GMT -0800

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