Re: Core on FreeBSD

[Martin Roesch <roesch () sourcefire com>]

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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Martin Roesch - President, Sourcefire Inc. - (410)552-6999
roesch () sourcefire com - http://www.sourcefire.com  
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