Snort 2.9.2.3 pkg v. 2.5.1 service fails overnight, unable to restart

blundar

I must eat my words! Snort died again last night!

from logs:


20	snort[32228]: Initializing rule chains...
Jul 31 12:03:20	snort[32228]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_13690_em0/preproc_rules/sensitive-data.rules(1) Unknown ClassType: sdf
Jul 31 12:03:20	snort[32228]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_13690_em0/preproc_rules/sensitive-data.rules(1) Unknown ClassType: sdf
Jul 31 12:03:20	php: : Snort has restarted with your new set of rules...
Jul 31 12:03:20	kernel: em0: promiscuous mode disabled

Unchecking the "sensitive-data" checkbox for the CC# check, etc. in preprocessors was enough to get snort running again, albeit without some useful checks.

caustic386

@blundar:

I must eat my words! Snort died again last night!

Unchecking the "sensitive-data" checkbox for the CC# check, etc. in preprocessors was enough to get snort running again, albeit without some useful checks.

This is my exact same issue. I'm not sure how to find logs for past snort events?

blundar

Services… System logs.

caustic386

@blundar:

Services… System logs.

Unfortunately it only displays the last 50 events, which doesn't take me back to the overnight failure.

Fesoj

blundar,

the sdf problem is known for quite a while and if you search backwards in this thread you'll find a way of handling it.

blundar

you can change the number of lines using the settings tab. I have mine set to 500.

caustic386

@blundar:

you can change the number of lines using the settings tab. I have mine set to 500.

Thanks - can't believe I never noticed that. I'll check it again first thing in the AM.

Cino

dumb question, is everyone seeing updated rules? Since Sunday, i've had the same hash:

SNORT.ORG >>> "7017498f85ec6d0fc34c904c950ed8c1"
EMERGINGTHREATS.NET >>> 13611f17ed1c94d40c8f0a78566dbb90

I've been deleting the hash to force a manual update.. The auto update kicks off but nothing is downloaded since there isn't a new hash

caustic386

@Cino:

dumb question, are is everyone seeing updated rules? Since Sunday, i've had the same hash:

SNORT.ORG >>> "7017498f85ec6d0fc34c904c950ed8c1"
EMERGINGTHREATS.NET >>> 13611f17ed1c94d40c8f0a78566dbb90

I've been deleting the hash to force a manual update.. The auto update kicks off but nothing is downloaded since there isn't a new hash

Sunday-Monday was the only day snort did not fail during updates, so it's possible there just weren't any that night. I can't account for Monday, however.

judex

You can check the actual MD5 Hash of "Only Registered Users" here:

http://www.snort.org/downloads/1778/show_md5

It is still:
"7017498f85ec6d0fc34c904c950ed8c1"

I am also checking that, because I also suspect snort to only update ET rules automatically. Manual updates work so far.

Greets, Judex

Cino

auto update finally kicked for snort for me… 2 test boxes fresh installs of pfsense and snort...

box with using snort and et with sensitive data preprocessor enabled: failed to reload, the usually error everyone is seeing
box with using snort and et with sensitive data preprocessor disabled: reloaded fine

IMHO, I feel the sensitive preprocessor option should be removed from snort until a working fix can be applied to the package. or a warning that auto updates should be disabled and and to run updates manually

caustic386

Finally getting back to the original post, I think this is what's causing the issue:

kernel: pid 31475 (snort), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space

As a test, I disabled updates. As expected, snort ran fine until I did a manual update. The error above was what showed up after running the update. Restarting snort by hand brought success.

Is the swap space error helpful? I do not have a swap partition on my install, as I have significant excess RAM.