ARAKIS

NSNORT Details

Date:

2012-02-06 18:32:01

Message:

New bleeding snort events, not seen this week:

Name:       SNMP missing community string attempt

Class:      misc-attack

References: 
            http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=1999-0517
            http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2112

The NSNORT alarm signals snort rules that have been triggered for the first time in a week. This may be an indicator of a fairly new attack, that has already been recognized by someone who coded the rule.