Good Day

I received the following in my Logwatch that was delivered to me this morning

WARNING: Kernel Errors Present
202.223.118.228 sent an invalid ICMP type 11, code 1 error to a broadcast: ...: 1 Time(s)
210.130.182.148 sent an invalid ICMP type 11, code 1 error to a broadcast: ...: 1 Time(s)
210.132.250.82 sent an invalid ICMP type 11, code 1 error to a broadcast: ...: 1 Time(s)
210.165.243.53 sent an invalid ICMP type 11, code 1 error to a broadcast: ...: 1 Time(s)
219.103.128.81 sent an invalid ICMP type 11, code 1 error to a broadcast: ...: 1 Time(s)
219.160.4.3 sent an invalid ICMP type 11, code 1 error to a broadcast: ...: 1 Time(s)
221.170.250.1 sent an invalid ICMP type 11, code 1 error to a broadcast: ...: 1 Time(s)
60.37.36.73 sent an invalid ICMP type 11, code 1 error to a broadcast: ...: 1 Time(s)

---------------------- Kernel End -------------------------


Can any one tell me what this means???

Cheers

The ICMP codes are here. Specifically:

11 Time Exceeded [RFC792]
1 Fragment Reassembly Time Exceeded

It's likely you were being scanned. Happens all the time.

Thanks

Does this mean I was compromised..I assumed it was something like that,I have done a check and root kit check and nothing came up

Cheers

No, not at all. It was likely just a scan to see which ports were open on the machine. Once they find things like the ssh server port, they will usually run an automated password guessing script (a dictionary attack) to see if you have any weak passwords, or if you left root enabled for remote login.

Keep your system up to date with maintenance, use strong passwords, disallow remote root access and use root only for system administrative tasks, and you are already ahead of the game.