6.5 4000 Series—UDP Signatures
6.5.4 UDP Attacks signatures
The following are UDP Attacks Signatures
  • 4002—UDP flood (severity 1, DoS): This is triggered when a large number of UDP packets are directed at a host. This will fire when the Pepsi attack is launched across a protected boundary. This signature is also indicative of a UDP port sweep.
  • 4050—UDP Bomb (severity 3, DoS): This signature is triggered when the UDP length specified is less than the IP length specified. This malformed packet type is associated with a DoS attempt.
  • 4051—Snork (severity 3, DoS): This signature is triggered when a UDP packet is seen with a source port of either 135, 7, or 19 and a destination port of 135 is detected.
  • 4052—Chargen DoS (severity 3, DoS): This signature is triggered when a UDP packet is detected with a source port of 7 and a destination port of 19.