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    Snort 2.9.1 pkg v. 2.1.1 Error.

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      sgebhard
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      Just tried install on snort, it works now

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        srainsdon
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        having the same #3 error "FATAL ERROR: ByteExtract variable '^Authorization\x3A\s*Basic[ \t]+' in rule [3:13308] is used before it is defined." having all rules unchecked

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          DigitalDeviant
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          @srainsdon:

          having the same #3 error "FATAL ERROR: ByteExtract variable '^Authorization\x3A\s*Basic[ \t]+' in rule [3:13308] is used before it is defined." having all rules unchecked

          I had the same error and had to delete the contents of /usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicrules. After that everything seemed fine and all my rules seem to work.

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            srainsdon
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            Thanks DigitalDeviant that worked nicely.

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              borgotech
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              I use ony Emmerging Rules and snort works fine… until this bug will be fixed.

              Best Regards

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                Cino
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                there were some changes made to the snort package to remove anything that was left behind… I did a reinstall and was able to download snorts ruleset and start a few up with no issues... I didn't check every rule since I only use a handful.

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                  Cino
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                  try reinstalling now… looks like it is fixed

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                    miles267
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                    @DigitalDeviant:

                    @srainsdon:

                    having the same #3 error "FATAL ERROR: ByteExtract variable '^Authorization\x3A\s*Basic[ \t]+' in rule [3:13308] is used before it is defined." having all rules unchecked

                    I had the same error and had to delete the contents of /usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicrules. After that everything seemed fine and all my rules seem to work.

                    This works provided you're only using EMERGING rule set.  Is there a fix that enables you to also use SNORT rules?

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                      sronsen
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                      @srainsdon:

                      having the same #3 error "FATAL ERROR: ByteExtract variable '^Authorization\x3A\s*Basic[ \t]+' in rule [3:13308] is used before it is defined." having all rules unchecked

                      Solved this by disabling all rules in snort_web-misc.so.rules category - EVEN THOUGH THIS CATEGORY WAS UNCHECKED IN CATEGORIES SCREEN.  I thought that only rules from checked categories were enabled.  Am I missing something, besides an illogical brain?

                      Update:  Error reappeared after 12+ hours.  No solution yet!

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                        Gradius
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                        It was running fine, until I updated today to last snapshot.

                        Now it won't start anymore, please check it out.

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                          Gradius
                          last edited by

                          Here is the problem:
                          Jun 12 13:20:43  snort[26817]: FATAL ERROR: parser.c(5245) Could not stat dynamic module path "/usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicpreprocessor": No such file or directory.
                          Jun 12 13:20:43  snort[26817]: FATAL ERROR: parser.c(5245) Could not stat dynamic module path "/usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicpreprocessor": No such file or directory.

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                            Gradius
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                            I uninstalled, re-installed, tried:
                            1.) ln -s /lib/libpcap.so.7 /lib/libpcap.so.1
                            2.) ln -s /usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicpreprocessor /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicpreprocessor
                            3.) ln -s /usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicengine /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicengine
                            4.) ln -s /usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicrules /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicrules
                            5.) manually update the Snort rules.
                            6.) touch /usr/local/etc/snort/rules/local.rules

                            Disabled everything on "Preprocessors" tab, nothing!

                            It refuses to run, this problem just "popped" today from last snapshot update.  :(

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                              Gradius
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                              This is all on it:

                              
                              [2.1-BETA0][root@*****]/usr/local/lib/snort(8): ls -laR
                              total 8
                              drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel   512 Jun 12 13:38 .
                              drwxr-xr-x  14 root  wheel  3584 Jun 12 13:38 ..
                              drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel   512 Jun 12 13:38 dynamicrules
                              
                              ./dynamicrules:
                              total 4
                              drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jun 12 13:38 .
                              drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jun 12 13:38 ..
                              
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                                condector
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                                Man.. after update… the alert page (snort_alerts.php) apear blank when I try see the alerts generated.

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                                  Gradius
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                                  It only happened today, at update:
                                  2.1-BETA0 (i386)
                                  built on Tue Jun 12 05:15:27 EDT 2012
                                  FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p2

                                  Snort package: 2.9.2.3 pkg v.2.1.1

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                                    asterix
                                    last edited by

                                    Same issue here..

                                    Jun 12 14:44:53 snort[54702]: FATAL ERROR: parser.c(5302) Could not stat dynamic module path "/usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicpreprocessor": No such file or directory.
                                    Jun 12 14:44:53 snort[54702]: FATAL ERROR: parser.c(5302) Could not stat dynamic module path "/usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicpreprocessor": No such file or directory.

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                                      Gradius
                                      last edited by

                                      Checking snort.conf I found:

                                      dynamicpreprocessor directory /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicpreprocessor/
                                      dynamicengine /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicengine/libsf_engine.so
                                      dynamicdetection directory /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicrules

                                      However, there is nothing on /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicpreprocessor (as I listed above).

                                      There is NO libsf_engine.so file at all on system!

                                      Only /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicrules exists (as directory only, but there is nothing inside on it too).

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                                        Cino
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                                        uninstall snort
                                        drop down to shell
                                        run 'find /* | grep snort'
                                        delete every reference
                                        install snort
                                        update rules
                                        Click save on every page, Global page for sure, so the cron job is added
                                        make sure every preprocessor is ON

                                        that should do it, at least for i386… can't help with amd64 builds... and in the past, amd64 always had problems with snort for some reason

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                                          Gradius
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                                          I'm getting this now:
                                          Jun 12 16:42:17 php: /status_services.php: The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh stop' returned exit code '1', the output was 'rm: /tmp/snort.sh.pid: No such file or directory rm: /var/run/snort*: No such file or directory'

                                          I even rebooted, no joy.

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                                            taryezveb
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                                            @Cino:

                                            uninstall snort
                                            drop down to shell
                                            run 'find /* | grep snort'

                                            In case the Snort devs do not know this. Or maybe it is just me?

                                            Code:

                                            Installation of snort FAILED!
                                            delete every reference
                                            install snort
                                            update rules
                                            Click save on every page, Global page for sure, so the cron job is added
                                            make sure every preprocessor is ON

                                            that should do it, at least for i386… can't help with amd64 builds... and in the past, amd64 always had problems with snort for some reason

                                            The above worked for me using a amd64 install. Needed to do this, since the snort rules would not get updated.

                                            Used the following instead of, [find /* | grep snort]:

                                            find /* | grep -i snort | xargs rm -rv
                                            

                                            EDIT: Thanks Cino for the info :)

                                            When I finished setting up snort, noticed there was a new version:

                                            Stable	
                                            2.9.2.3 pkg v. 2.2
                                            platform: 2.0
                                            

                                            But the new version fails to install:

                                            Installation of snort FAILED!
                                            
                                            Beginning package installation for snort...
                                            Downloading package configuration file... done.
                                            Saving updated package information... done.
                                            Downloading snort and its dependencies... 
                                            Checking for package installation... 
                                             Downloading http://files.pfsense.org/packages/amd64/8/All/barnyard2-1.9_2.tbz ...  could not download from there or http://ftp2.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8.1-release/All/barnyard2-1.9_2.tbz.
                                            of barnyard2-1.9_2 failed!
                                            
                                            Installation aborted.Backing up libraries... 
                                            Removing package...
                                            Starting package deletion for mysql-client-5.1.53...done.
                                            Starting package deletion for barnyard2-1.9_2...done.
                                            Starting package deletion for snort-2.9.2.3...done.
                                            Starting package deletion for perl-threaded-5.12.4_4...done.
                                            Removing snort components...
                                            Menu items... done.
                                            Services... done.
                                            Loading package instructions...
                                            Include file snort.inc could not be found for inclusion.
                                            Deinstall commands... 
                                            Not executing custom deinstall hook because an include is missing.
                                            Removing package instructions...done.
                                            Auxiliary files... done.
                                            Package XML... done.
                                            Configuration... done.
                                            Cleaning up... Failed to install package.
                                            
                                            Installation halted.
                                            
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