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    • bmeeksB
      bmeeks @jm1384
      last edited by bmeeks

      @jm1384 said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

      Temp fix :

      If you are implementing a symlink to that file in another directory, that may be causing issues with Suricata unpacking and copying the database. Remove your symlink completely, clean out the Suricata GeoLite2 DB directory and then run this command from a shell prompt:

      php /usr/local/pkg/suricata/suricata_geoipupdate.php
      

      Then check the system log and the suricata.log file for the interface. You should see a successful download. Restart Suricata on the interface and it should be good. The 4.1.6_2 version of the Suricata package fixes the GeoLite2 database corruption issue. I tested it several times to be sure.

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        jm1384 @bmeeks
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        @bmeeks said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

        @jm1384 said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

        Temp fix :

        If you are implementing a symlink to that file in another directory, that may be causing issues with Suricata unpacking and copying the database. Remove your symlink completely, clean out the Suricata GeoLite2 DB directory and then run this command from a shell prompt:

        php /usr/local/pkg/suricata/suricata_geoipupdate.php
        

        Then check the system log and the suricata.log file for the interface. You should see a successful download. Restart Suricata on the interface and it should be good. The 4.1.6_2 version of the Suricata package fixes the GeoLite2 database corruption issue. I tested it several times to be sure.

        Hi bmeeks, thank you !
        ok, let's go !
        After removed all db files in suricata DB directory :

        php /usr/local/pkg/suricata/suricata_geoipupdate.php
        

        Suricata log :

        Failed to open GeoIP2 database: /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb. Error was: The MaxMind DB file contains invalid metadata.  GeoIP rule matching is disabled.
        

        suricata package removed :

        >>> Removing pfSense-pkg-suricata... 
        Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
        Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0 packages in the universe):
        
        Installed packages to be REMOVED:
        	pfSense-pkg-suricata-4.1.6_2
        
        Number of packages to be removed: 1
        [1/1] Deinstalling pfSense-pkg-suricata-4.1.6_2...
        Removing suricata components...
        Menu items... done.
        Services... done.
        Loading package instructions...
        [1/1] Deleting files for pfSense-pkg-suricata-4.1.6_2: .......... done
        Removing suricata components...
        Configuration... done.
        >>> Removing stale packages... done.
        Success
        

        directory /suricata/GeoLite2/ :

        ls /suricata/GeoLite2: No such file or directory
        ls /suricata: No such file or directory
        
        

        No directory, no files, no links.

        After reinstall suricata /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2 :

        ls -lrT  GeoLite2/
        total 2084 
        -rw-r--r-- 1 root  wheel  32 Jan 19 20:56:35 2020 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.tar.gz.md5
        -rw-r--r-- 1 root  wheel  2076656 Jan 19 20:56:37 2020 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
        

        Just one link "1" for suricata GeoLite2-Country.mmdb after unzipped :
        DB time and day : Jan 19 20:56:37 2020

        Now i check the pfBlokerNG DB file :

        ls -l GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
        -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  4035535 Jan  7 00:45 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
        

        Just one link "1".
        DB time and day : Jan 7 00:45:59 2020

        They are no symlink for this pfblockerNG DB file,
        this DB file is different to suricata DB in days and times.

        Suricata log after install :

        Failed to open GeoIP2 database: /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb. Error was: The MaxMind DB file contains invalid metadata.  GeoIP rule matching is disabled.
        

        Ok, no problem, let's do the trick.
        After removing all suricata DB files in /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/ :

        rm GeoLite2*
        ls 
        

        I create a physical link from pfblockerNG DB file to suricata DB directory :

        cd /usr/local/share/GeoIP
        ln GeoLite2-Country.mmdb /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
        

        Now, the pfBlokerNG DB has two links (2):

        ls -l GeoLite2-Country.mmdb 
        -rw-r--r-- 2 root  wheel  4035535 Jan  7 00:45 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
        

        Suricata log after restart :

        0 rules failed
        engine started.
        

        GeoIP rules working fine.

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        • RonpfSR
          RonpfS
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          @jm1384 said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

          -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2076656 Jan 19 20:56:37 2020 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb

          From the size I guessed that the mmdb is still in a tar format :

          tar -tvf /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
          drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/
          -rw-r--r--  0 0      0         398 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/LICENSE.txt
          -rw-r--r--  0 0      0          55 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/COPYRIGHT.txt
          -rw-r--r--  0 0      0     4083997 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
          

          2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
          Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
          Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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            jm1384 @RonpfS
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            @RonpfS said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

            @jm1384 said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

            -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2076656 Jan 19 20:56:37 2020 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb

            From the size I guessed that the mmdb is still in a tar format :

            tar -tvf /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
            drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/
            -rw-r--r--  0 0      0         398 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/LICENSE.txt
            -rw-r--r--  0 0      0          55 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/COPYRIGHT.txt
            -rw-r--r--  0 0      0     4083997 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
            

            This is your suricata V4.1.6_2 db file size ?

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            • RonpfSR
              RonpfS
              last edited by RonpfS

              Yes

              ls -al /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
              -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  2076656 Jan 18 18:51 /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
              

              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
              Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
              Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                jm1384 @RonpfS
                last edited by

                @RonpfS
                ok, i will try to remove Suricata completely, package and backup config and reinstall it.

                Thank's RonpfS 👍

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                  jm1384 @RonpfS
                  last edited by

                  @RonpfS said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

                  Yes

                  ls -al /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  2076656 Jan 18 18:51 /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
                  

                  Your suricata db file zise is the same as mine after downloading,
                  do you have the same error log in suricata log for Geoip db ?

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                  • RonpfSR
                    RonpfS @jm1384
                    last edited by RonpfS

                    @jm1384 said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

                    Your suricata db file zise is the same as mine after downloading,

                    Yes it comes from the same server. So GeoLite2-Country_.mmdb is in fact GeoLite2-Country_20200114.mmdb.tar.gz

                    2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                    Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                    Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                      jm1384 @RonpfS
                      last edited by

                      @RonpfS said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

                      @jm1384 said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

                      Your suricata db file zise is the same as mine after downloading,

                      Yes it comes from the same server. So GeoLite2-Country.mmdb is in fact GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.tar.gz

                      you have the same problem as me with this db file ?

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                      • RonpfSR
                        RonpfS
                        last edited by

                        Yes it look the same. So until @bmeeks find what's wrong, disable GeoIP update in Suricata use the pfblockerNG one

                        mv /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.tar.gz
                        ln -s /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
                        

                        2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                        Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                        Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                          jm1384 @jm1384
                          last edited by jm1384

                          @RonpfS said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

                          @jm1384 said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2076656 Jan 19 20:56:37 2020 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb

                          From the size I guessed that the mmdb is still in a tar format :

                          tar -tvf /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
                          drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/
                          -rw-r--r--  0 0      0         398 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/LICENSE.txt
                          -rw-r--r--  0 0      0          55 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/COPYRIGHT.txt
                          -rw-r--r--  0 0      0     4083997 Jan 15 09:22 GeoLite2-Country_20200114/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
                          

                          ok 👍
                          your are right about untar archive, wait and see if @bmeeks can resolve this issue.

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                          • bmeeksB
                            bmeeks
                            last edited by

                            I promise this was working correctly when I tested prior to submitting the pull request. Let me do a fresh install in a test VM to see what's happening.

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                            • RonpfSR
                              RonpfS @bmeeks
                              last edited by RonpfS

                              @bmeeks I upgraded on Jan 18.
                              To be on the safe side, I uninstalled and installed 1 hour ago. same results.

                              total 1994
                              drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel        4 Jan 19 18:25 .
                              drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel        4 Jan 19 18:25 ..
                              -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  2076656 Jan 19 18:25 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
                              -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel       32 Jan 19 18:25 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.tar.gz.md5
                              

                              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                              Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                              Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                              • bmeeksB
                                bmeeks
                                last edited by

                                I screwed the new code up. Working on correcting it. I don't know what I tested, but it did work. Must be losing my mind ... 😞 .

                                Will get a correction posted soon.

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                                • bmeeksB
                                  bmeeks
                                  last edited by bmeeks

                                  Okay. Sorry about the previous screw-up with the GeoIP database. The new fix is posted here for the pfSense team to review and merge. If you want to make the changes yourself in your file before the fix is posted, you can look at the edits in the linked pull request.

                                  Look for a package update to version 4.1.6_3 in the near future.

                                  I don't even have a good lie to use to try and cover this one up. I will just have to own the mistake up front ... ☺

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                                  • RonpfSR
                                    RonpfS @bmeeks
                                    last edited by

                                    @bmeeks said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

                                    If you want to make the changes yourself in your file before the fix is posted,

                                    Just did the test and the DB is extracted ok now

                                    rm /usr/local/share/suricata/GeoLite2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb*
                                    php /usr/local/pkg/suricata/suricata_geoipupdate.php
                                    
                                    ls -al
                                    total 2
                                    drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel        4 Jan 19 20:56 .
                                    drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel        4 Jan 19 18:25 ..
                                    -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  4083997 Jan 19 20:56 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
                                    -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel       32 Jan 19 20:56 GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.tar.gz.md5
                                    

                                    👍

                                    2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                    Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                    Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                      jm1384 @bmeeks
                                      last edited by

                                      @bmeeks said in Suricata v4.1.6_1 - Package update Release Notes:

                                      If you want to make the changes yourself in your file before the fix is posted, you can look at the edits in the linked pull request.

                                      same as @RonpfS , the fix working good @bmeeks 👍
                                      Thank you !

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                                      • Bob.DigB
                                        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @bmeeks
                                        last edited by Bob.Dig

                                        Probably another silly question...
                                        pfSense is crashing when I run a speed test on speedtest.net. I have installed pfSense 2.5 and Suricata 4.1.6_3 is running in inline Mode the first time.
                                        I use Hyper-V and so the NICs are called hn0 and hn1, which is probably the reason why it is crashing?
                                        Capture.PNG

                                        TIA
                                        Bob

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                                        • NollipfSenseN
                                          NollipfSense @Bob.Dig
                                          last edited by

                                          @Bob-Dig Yes, Netmap doesn't support your NIC.

                                          pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
                                          pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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                                          • Bob.DigB
                                            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @NollipfSense
                                            last edited by Bob.Dig

                                            @NollipfSense Thanks. Then I will have to go back to legacy mode.

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