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RE: +AFs-Snort-users+AF0- Re: Core on FreeBSD


From: "Robert D. Hughes" <rob () robhughes com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 11:42:03 -0600


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Oh... here's what confused me (from snort.conf comments):

# tcp stream reassembly directive
# no arguments loads the default configuration (clientonly, ports
default, 
# alerts on) 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That led me to believe that alerts on was a valid argument. But why does
it also core if I use "ports default"? I take it that also is not a
valid argument?

Thanks,
Rob

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From: Martin Roesch [mailto:roesch () sourcefire com]
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 8:57 AM
To: Snort-users (E-mail)
Subject: [Snort-users] Re: Core on FreeBSD


Ok, this quick answer is that "alerts on" isn't a valid option, so don't
use that.  The real problem is that I make a call to FatalError() in the
stream4 parsing code and I pass it a bad argument list, which I've now
fixed.  Look in the comment block above the stram4_reassemble directive
in snort.conf to see the valid options.

A fix has been committed to CVS.

     -MartyM3ln1bone


"Robert D. Hughes" wrote:

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All,

When creating my snort.conf, I added the line "preprocessor
stream4_reassemble: both, ports default, alerts on". This causes a
core
dump on FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE. If I just use "preprocessor
stream4_reassemble: both" it works. Using "preprocessor
stream4_reassemble: both, ports 21 23 25 53 80 143 110 111 513 8880
2953
2954" also works. Is there a known issue where using "ports default"
causes snort to core? This behavior also occurs if I use "ports all"
as
is shown in the trace below.

Thanks,
Rob Hughes
Voice (H) (972) 918-0980
Voice (C) (214) 282-7996
Email rob () robhughes com

#0  0x282a80b6 in vfprintf () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
(gdb) where
#0  0x282a80b6 in vfprintf () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
#1  0x282a6ec4 in fprintf () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
#2  0x282a721a in vfprintf () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
#3  0x804dbbb in FatalError (format=0x808d560 "ERROR %s(%d) => Bad
stream4_reassemble option specified: \"%s\"\n")
    at snort.c:2808
#4  0x807732f in Stream4InitReassembler (args=0x80ba400 "both, ports
all, alerts on") at spp_stream4.c:885
#5  0x8054966 in ParsePreprocessor (rule=0xbfbfd694 "preprocessor
stream4_reassemble: both, ports all, alerts on")
    at rules.c:1327
#6  0x805417b in ParseRule (rule_file=0x282cc800,
    prule=0xbfbff744 "preprocessor stream4_reassemble: both, ports
all,
alerts on", inclevel=0) at rules.c:539
#7  0x8053cd7 in ParseRulesFile (file=0x8097a78
"/usr/local/etc/snort/snort.conf", inclevel=0) at rules.c:198
#8  0x804b38a in main (argc=9, argv=0xbfbffbd8) at snort.c:335
#9  0x804ae85 in _start ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x282a80b6 in vfprintf () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
#1  0x282a6ec4 in fprintf () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
#2  0x282a721a in vfprintf () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
#3  0x804dbbb in FatalError (format=0x808d560 "ERROR %s(%d) => Bad
stream4_reassemble option specified: \"%s\"\n")
    at snort.c:2808
#4  0x807732f in Stream4InitReassembler (args=0x80ba400 "both, ports
all, alerts on") at spp_stream4.c:885
#5  0x8054966 in ParsePreprocessor (rule=0xbfbfd694 "preprocessor
stream4_reassemble: both, ports all, alerts on")
    at rules.c:1327
#6  0x805417b in ParseRule (rule_file=0x282cc800,
    prule=0xbfbff744 "preprocessor stream4_reassemble: both, ports
all,
alerts on", inclevel=0) at rules.c:539
#7  0x8053cd7 in ParseRulesFile (file=0x8097a78
"/usr/local/etc/snort/snort.conf", inclevel=0) at rules.c:198
#8  0x804b38a in main (argc=9, argv=0xbfbffbd8) at snort.c:335
#9  0x804ae85 in _start ()

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