Re: new snort install, error when starting snort service

["Justin Heath" <justin.heath () gmail com>]

Looks like you are running an old revision of rule 3545. Update your
rules to the latest and try again.

Also, make sure you are running a version of pcre >= 4.0.


Cheers,
Justin Heath

On 4/18/07, Michael Giornesto <mcg12 () psu edu> wrote:
>  I have a new install that is throwing an error when trying to start the
> snort service...certainly seems to be a config error in
> /etc/snort/snort.conf...but I am unsure how to locate problem.
>
>  ERROR: ERROR /etc/snort/rules/web-misc.rules Line 452 => unable to parse
> pcre regex "fn=Eye\d{4}_\d{2}.log/Rmsi"
>
>  Line 452 in /etc/snort/rules/web-misc.rules shows...
>
>  alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET 8090 (msg:"WEB-MISC TrackerCam
> ComGetLogFile.php3 log information disclosure"; flow:to_server,established;
> content:"/ComGetLogFile.php3"; alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET 8090
> (msg:"WEB-MISC TrackerCam ComGetLogFile.php3 log information disclosure";
> flow:to_server,established; content:"/ComGetLogFile.php3";
>
>
>  running on...
>  FC6 2.6.20
>  Snort 2.6.1.4
>  Apache 2.2.3
>  Mysql 5.0.27
>
>  Any suggestions are appreciated
>
>  Thanks,
>  Mike
>
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