rpc.statd

["praveen kumar" <b_praveen_kumar1 rediffmail com>]

Hi all,

I have a recent hack on may machine through rpc.statd the log 
contains a new one for me.

rpc.statd[632]: gethostbyname error for 
^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^[÷ÿ¿^[÷ÿ¿%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%236x%n%137x%n%10x%n%192x%n\220
\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\
The hacker has shutdown the NIC card.

I have gone through 
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-17.html

which shows there is a vulnerablity in the version and to 
upgrade

But that is of year 2000 suggest me how to protect my machine from 
rpc.statd affect.

-regards,
Praveen