Re: Snort 99% cpu utilization and no process activity

[Erek Adams <erek () theadamsfamily net>]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Mike Ahern wrote:

> I have snort version 1.8.4-beta1 (Build 91) running on

[...snip...]

> file, and will run at 99% cpu utilization. Running
> strace on the process reveals no system calls or
> anything whatsoever (the strace output file shows 0
> bytes). Running strace on another process shows normal
> calls and activity.
>
> Anybody seen this before? Is this related to a bug in
> this version of the software or other factors?

Yep.  It's a known issue with the some of the earlier versions of the regex
code.  Upgrade to 1.8.6 and all _should_ be well.

Cheers!

-----
Erek Adams
Nifty-Type-Guy
TheAdamsFamily.Net


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