Snort FATAL ERROR
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I am not having an issue in NA with Rule-Updates, but I do notice that I can't ping those sites? I check my Firewall and Snort Blocks and I don't see any blocking. Maybe its something to do with snorts re-org of their website? or Amazon?
ping snort.org
PING snort.org (54.210.25.126): 56 data bytes
ping www.snort.org
PING elb043449-1668749068.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com (54.243.242.66): 56 data bytesThere is a Snort Google Group where you can post a question:
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You might also try to change the Snort Web Link to use http instead of https, to see if that works?
/usr/local/pkg/snort/snort_check_for_rule_updates.php
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@Hollander:
If I could be forgiven to add my sudden problem to this thread ;D
snort[66536]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/pbi/snort-amd64/etc/snort/snort_14816_em0//usr/pbi/snort-amd64/etc/snort/snort_14816_em0/rules/suricata.rules(0) Unable to open rules file "/usr/pbi/snort-amd64/etc/snort/snort_14816_em0//usr/pbi/snort-amd64/etc/snort/snort_14816_em0/rules/suricata.rules": No such file or directory.
The problem is: I see no line number to jump to in snort.rules.
Problem started early this morning, I think after the last rules update. I can manually restart on an interface, it will run for a little while, and then all interfaces will be disabled again (show red crosses). Restarting -> same problem.
What might this be?
Whoa!! That path is seriously borked somehow. Notice it contains both Snort and Suricata in it. That is not supposed to happen. Have you installed both packages on the same firewall? If so, it looks like something got severely mixed up. Installing both is supported and should work, but something is badly wrong in your setup according to that path.
Oh…the double backslash is also a problem.
Have you tried removing and reinstalling the package or packages?
By the way, while running both Snort and Suricata on the same box "should work", I really don't recommend it. And remember if you do run them both, make sure ONLY ONE is in blocking mode!
Bill
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Have you tried removing and reinstalling the package or packages?
By the way, while running both Snort and Suricata on the same box "should work", I really don't recommend it. And remember if you do run them both, make sure ONLY ONE is in blocking mode!Bill
(The text in bold): No, of course I haven't, your highness, I'm the noob, I don't even invent these kind of ideas ;D
Snort is active, Suricata is disabled on the interfaces. I installed the package some time ago, and the plan was to have Snort active whilst I prepare Suricata for taking over, using JFL's list and your tweaks.
I will de-install Suricata to see if Snort will start again then :P
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Update: deinstalling Suricata worked. Did it yesterday, Snort is still running on the interfaces after 12 hours. I'll try to install Suricata next to it in order to work on customizing that (when you've done your update) for future replacement of Snort with Suricata.
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Something is terribly wrong with my pfSense installation… see today message
[ There were error(s) loading the rules: pfctl: DIOCXCOMMIT: Device busy - The line in question reads [0]: ]https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=79777.msg436662#msg436662
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=80033.msg436661#msg436661
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Something is terribly wrong with my pfSense installation… see today message
[ There were error(s) loading the rules: pfctl: DIOCXCOMMIT: Device busy - The line in question reads [0]: ]If you disable pfBlocker does the issue go away? How are you defining pfBlocker aliases? Do you allow it to create the rules or do you use "alias only" setting?
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Something is terribly wrong with my pfSense installation… see today message
[ There were error(s) loading the rules: pfctl: DIOCXCOMMIT: Device busy - The line in question reads [0]: ]If you disable pfBlocker does the issue go away? How are you defining pfBlocker aliases? Do you allow it to create the rules or do you use "alias only" setting?
Yes, if I disable pfBlocker the issue goes away. I'm using the Bluetack IPFilter "pipfilter.dat.gz" as a Premium Subscriber. In the "List Action" section of the pfBlocker filter I choose "Deny Both", allowing pfBlocker to build the firewall rules itself.
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Yes, if I disable pfBlocker the issue goes away. I'm using the Bluetack IPFilter "pipfilter.dat.gz" as a Premium Subscriber. In the "List Action" section of the pfBlocker filter I choose "Deny Both", allowing pfBlocker to build the firewall rules itself.
Some of those BlueTack/IBlock files contain data that can cause the Regex in pfBlocker to match incorrect information. I believe that it is trying to load bad data with pfctl and causing this issue.
What does the file look like in /var/db/aliastables/<name of="" the="" bluetack="" alias=""></name> ?
The data must only be in these formats:
IP Address: 172.16.1.10
CIDR: 172.16.1.0/24 -
Data in the Bluetack IP Filter is in this format (I can't obtain it in other format):
001.002.008.000 - 001.002.008.255 , 000 , China Inte
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Data in the Bluetack IP Filter is in this format (I can't obtain it in other format):
001.002.008.000 - 001.002.008.255 , 000 , China Inte
Other IBlock lists are in this format:
220.157.195.243-220.157.195.243
So I assume that it doesn't like to have the "spaces" around the "-"
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You could manually run that file thru a sed command to clean it up. But you would need to do that manually each time you want to update it.
echo "001.002.008.000 - 001.002.008.255 , 000 , China Inte |sed 's/ - /-/g'
001.002.008.000-001.002.008.255 , 000 , China Inte
I could also add some functionality for that in my script if you are interested:
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I'm getting this error (Status –> System Logs):
snort[44076]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/pbi/snort-amd64/etc/snort/snort_21880_em0/rules/snort.rules(4487) Rule options must be enclosed in '(' and ')'.
I have NO IDEA!
This is a syntax error in a rule. Did this just suddenly start? If so, either Snort VRT or Emerging Threats has a syntax error in one of their new rules. They should catch it and fix it. The error is giving you the line number in the consolidated rules file that the Snort package on pfSense builds.
If you are good with the vi editor, open this file:
/usr/pbi/snort-amd64/etc/snort/snort_21880_em0/rules/snort.rules
in the editor. Type the following command to jump to the error line (which is line #4487):
:4487and press ENTER. The rule with the problem will be displayed. Find the SID and category and you can temporarily disable it if you like.
Bill
I got a very similar error recently.
FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_4180_em0/rules/snort.rules(1239) Rule options must be enclosed in '(' and ')'.I was able to find the line 1239 in the file (shown below),
alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (msg:"inskin_media";flow:from_client;appid:inskin_media; sid:71780 ; classtype:misc-activity; rev:1;I can't find the specific rule to disable it. I have no idea how to search for SID 71780 in the rule set to disable just that one. I tried adding 71780 to my disablesid.conf, but that didn't help. I tried reinstalling snort as well but that didn't help. Snort was working fine until I got hit with this. I can see there is a close parenthesis missing at the end of that line, but of course changing the file does nothing. It goes right back to the way it was. I assume that's by design, so that no one malicious can go in and modify it. However, this seems like a security flaw. If a single rule update has a syntax error, it prevents snort from starting up at all.
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The actual source rules are in /usr/local/etc/snort/rules. In that folder you will find a file for each rule category. You can go into that folder with a CLI prompt and use grep to find that particular SID. Once you fix it in the appropriate file, it will stay "fixed" until the next rule update download. The file given in the error message is the actual list of enabled rules Snort is using for the interface. That file is rebuilt from the collection of source rules in the folder I mentioned earlier. So any change you make in the snort.rules file is immediately overwritten each time you stop/start Snort from the GUI.
The way Snort treats rule synxtax errors is baked into the binary and has nothing to do with the GUI package. Suricata is better behaved in this area than Snort. Suricata will print an error about the offending rule, skip it, and then continue loading the rest of the rules. Snort complains and dies.
Bill
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Thanks bmeeks, that definitely helped. I now know how to find these errors and correct them. The problem is when I fixed that one, I'm getting another one and another one. What are the chances of multiple rules in multiples files being messed up with syntax errors like this? I find this a bit odd. I'm not gonna sit here trying to fix each one either, this can't be normal.
I guess I may have to give Suricata a try. Can I use my snort disablesid.conf in Suricata? I'm not familiar with Suricata at all.
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Having a similar issue, I wanted to play with layer 7 and downloaded OpenAppID rules and such, when I go to turn on my LAN interface in snort I get
FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_29929_igb1/rules/snort.rules(1262) Rule options must be enclosed in '(' and ')'.
I go to that path and fix line 1263 (missing a ) at the end) and the edit doesn't stick when I go to start the interface, come to find out I need to edit the source file but not sure how to find the appropriate file and line.
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As bmeeks said above,
go to /usr/local/etc/snort/rules.
via SSH or console shell,
grep -rnw /usr/local/etc/snort/rules -e <pattern>In your case when, you go to line 1262 that line will have an SID number. The pattern to match in your case will be that SID number, so put that number in at the end after '-e'.
That should give you the path to the source file that contains the SID number, you can then go in and modify that file and it will keep the change.Good luck, in my case, I solved that one issue and got another and another error. I hope that's not the case for you. I'm in the process of switching to Suricata because of this.</pattern>
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The rules contained in this download file are not formatted properly. There are many rules missing proper syntax. If anybody knows who this volunteer is, please contact them to correct the errors in their rules.
Note - the AppID Open Rules file is maintained by a volunteer contributor and hosted by the pfSense team. The URL for the file is http://files.pfsense.org/openappid/appid_rules.tar.gz.
To correct this problem in the web GUI, go to Services | Snort | Interfaces. Under Actions, select Edit this Snort interface mapping. Click Categories. Underneath 'Enabled Ruleset: Snort OPENAPPI Rules', uncheck all of the boxes. Click Save. Click Snort Interfaces and click the play icon to start the Snort Interface.
From what I've seen, Suricata doesn't have the option to enable AppID Open Rules. This option seems only available in Snort.
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@raffi30:
Thanks bmeeks, that definitely helped. I now know how to find these errors and correct them. The problem is when I fixed that one, I'm getting another one and another one. What are the chances of multiple rules in multiples files being messed up with syntax errors like this? I find this a bit odd. I'm not gonna sit here trying to fix each one either, this can't be normal.
I guess I may have to give Suricata a try. Can I use my snort disablesid.conf in Suricata? I'm not familiar with Suricata at all.
Yes, the SID MGMT files can be easily used in Suricata. Both Snort and Suricata share almost identical code for the SID MGMT tab.
P.S. – as for the errors, my understanding from a third-hand source is the rule maintainer for those OpenAppID rules made some updates recently. Apparently that's when all the syntax errors crept in.
Bill
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The switch to Suricata was pretty simple. In the pfsense webGUI it's mostly identical. It took me a little googling to figure out how to point it to the correct snort tar.gz file, but it seems to be working fine.
