Snort 2.9.2.3 pkg v. 2.5.1 service fails overnight, unable to restart
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Since upgrading to 2.5.1, snort fails every night (I assume during rule update). The only way to get it running again is a complete re-install of the package (including manual deletion of snort dirs left behind from uninstall). Here's the error I'm getting:
Jul 25 08:21:48 snort[60091]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_56869_em0/preproc_rules/sensitive-data.rules(1) Unknown ClassType: sdf
Jul 25 08:21:48 snort[60091]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_56869_em0/preproc_rules/sensitive-data.rules(1) Unknown ClassType: sdf
Jul 25 08:21:48 snort[60091]: Initializing rule chains…
Jul 25 08:21:48 snort[60091]: Initializing rule chains…Any suggestions? This is a production install, so a reboot is difficult.
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This should have been fixed already on latest code!
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Package manager indicates I have the latest install. Do you mean the dev package has the fix?
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Mine has completed two auto updates since the latest package and have not received this error. Do you have snort and emerging rules enabled?
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Ermal, on fresh install (just now), this error comes up in in the interface's preprocessors tab GUI. It displays just under Stream 5 category, Max Queued Bytes:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function gettet() in /usr/local/www/snort/snort_preprocessors.php on line 225
This cuts off the preprocessors normally selected here from display.
cheers,
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Correct, I have both sets installed and all categories activated, non-blocking mode. I tried starting snort with no categories selected, but the same error occurred.
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There is a typographical error that occurs in two PHP files http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,51813.0.html
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Disabling the Sensitive Data Proprocessor got me up and running for the time being. It seemed like it was fine until Snort updated it's rules on the 24th, or something.
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Upgraded to v2.5.1 yesterday. However, this morning, snort was not running. The last snort related entry in the system log is the snort ruleset update shortly after midnight.
I was able to restart snort.
This used to be a issue with the builds a month or so back - is this a regression issue now?
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There is a typographical error that occurs in two PHP files http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,51813.0.html
Unfortunately this did not fix my issue, even after editing both files.
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Turning off the sensitive data preprocessor on the affected interface seems to have resolved the problem. I can restart the service by hand, I'll report back tomorrow after an automatic rule update.
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caustic386,
which rule sets did you load? If your are using the ET rules only, have a look at http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,51725.msg276658.html#msg276658 .
Updating with Snort.org rules should not give any problems with the latest sources.
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Update: The service still fails overnight, but I can restart it manually with ease.
Fesoj, I'm using both ET and Snort. Will your fix still apply?
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I'm using both ET and Snort. Will your fix still apply?
No, it won't. I have currently 4 machines running. 1 has only the ET rules installed, the others have Snort.org and ET rules. The patch is currently needed for the first machine. The rest is running fine. I'd guess you still have old GUI sources on your machine (older than a couple of days).
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I tried reinstalling the GUI components, but that broke the whole thing. I reinstalled from scratch, but i'm guessing that put me back where I started (will fail overnight).
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caustic386,
more could be broken. If you have a saved configuration from your latest working setup, you could reinstall the entire environment via Diagnostics: Backup/restore.
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Unfortunately I'm in production, so that seems like a bad idea. Is there a way to clean it all out by hand?
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failed on my box when after uninstall and reinstalling snort yesterday… had the normal sensitive data error this morning... I'll do it again and see what happens later today or tomorrow morning
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On AMD64, 2.0.1, Snort is working without issues so far, and updating (auto updating) providing I toggle the sensitive data preprocessor off. This is the latest install as of Ermal's last change to fix the gettet typo. Ccaustic…point 3 will clean up old snort bits after you uninstall.
If you are installing Snort make sure you do the following:
1. Uninstall (if you have an older version, suggest you not toggle "save settings" to on. In other words, start fresh.
2. Create an alias in pfsense to reflect your old whitelist. You will select this alias in the snort whitelist tab later.
3. Run this command using Diagnostics -> Command Prompt: find /* | grep -i snort | xargs rm -rv (removes old snort references)
4. Install latest. Likely for this version you'll want to make sure that senstive data preprocessor is not selected. I've got all others on.
5. Monitor blocking and prepare to add quite a few exclusions! This is the set I'm using pretty much copy/pasted from the suppression tab:# HTTP Inspect Errors suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 3 suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 6 suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 8 suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 10 # suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 2014819 # # This event indicates that a portable executable file has been downloaded. suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 15306 # # This event indicates that Email Addresses have been observed in traffic on the protected network. suppress gen_id 138, sig_id 5 # # This set of instructions can be used as a NOOP to pad buffers on an x86 architecture machines. suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 1390 # # FILE-IDENTIFY download of executable content - x-header -> stops windows download suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 16313 # # FILE-IDENTIFY download of executable content -> stops file downloads suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 11192 # #"GPL SHELLCODE x86 NOOP" suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 648
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That's exactly the process i've been using, but so far fails every time during nightly updates. I'll try one more time and report back tomorrow.
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Snort is working without issues so far, and updating (auto updating) providing I toggle the sensitive data preprocessor off.
i'll give it a try.. wanted it on to know when CC were being used…
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Snort is working without issues so far, and updating (auto updating) providing I toggle the sensitive data preprocessor off.
i'll give it a try.. wanted it on to know when CC were being used…
I am not having any problems with snort stopping on auto updates on 6 different boxes. 3 i386 and 3 amd64.
The sensitive data preprocessor is set to on, on all the boxes.
1 thing I should note is that I am still using the "snort_check_for_rule_updates.php" That Fesoj posted. I have not updated since then.
https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-packages/pull/291/files
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Snort is working without issues so far, and updating (auto updating) providing I toggle the sensitive data preprocessor off.
i'll give it a try.. wanted it on to know when CC were being used…
I am not having any problems with snort stopping on auto updates on 6 different boxes. 3 i386 and 3 amd64.
The sensitive data preprocessor is set to on, on all the boxes.
1 thing I should note is that I am still using the "snort_check_for_rule_updates.php" That Fesoj posted. I have not updated since then.
https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-packages/pull/291/filesmine is fresh install using both snort and et rules… If that works, can we have ermal pull it in?
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Maybe yes, maybe no.
What I've suggested is a q&d patch, not a solution. The problem is that alert types depend on the preprocessors invoked and the rule sets, and different rule sets may need different declarations (actually you also need to look at the rules that are enabled). It boils down to do some kind of resource management, or you go into the details, which requires to understand how Snort works.
If you enable Snort.org AND ET rules, no patching should be required (I have 3 machines running with this config), even if you activate only a few ET rules.
I am currently thinking about a rather general solution to this type of problem, but this would take some time and I don't know whether I'd like to discuss this in public now as it would separate the published rules from what would go into the configuration of an interface (and I currently cannot present any code).
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I have both ET and Snort rules enabled and it has been auto updating without any problems for me. I don't have the sensitive data preprocesser on.. The only thing I am noticing is snort memory usage keeps increasing. generally out of 2 gig pfsense generally with snort in the past would sit around 25% used on ram.. Now it starts out at 25% and keeps climbing. Its currently at 40%. If I stop snort and restart it manually it resets back down the starting point. Then it starts climbing daily and during high usage. It seems like whatever cache its using isn't released once done. Any reason why this would be happening with the latest version of snort? I never had this issue before. I have wiped and cleanly installed snort and same problem.
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I have both ET and Snort rules enabled and it has been auto updating without any problems for me. I don't have the sensitive data preprocesser on.. The only thing I am noticing is snort memory usage keeps increasing. generally out of 2 gig pfsense generally with snort in the past would sit around 25% used on ram.. Now it starts out at 25% and keeps climbing. Its currently at 40%. If I stop snort and restart it manually it resets back down the starting point. Then it starts climbing daily and during high usage. It seems like whatever cache its using isn't released once done. Any reason why this would be happening with the latest version of snort? I never had this issue before. I have wiped and cleanly installed snort and same problem.
I've noticed the same thing this morning. My norm is 24% with snort and 11% without snort. This morning it was up to 28%..
I haven't looked at the rule update code since i've been away for the last week. But does it stop and stop snort or is it doing a reload?
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Same issue as others have reported. On latest code.
- Snort and ET rules enabled
- Sensitive data option enabled under preprocessors on both WAN and LAN interface
- if I uninstall and reinstall snort from scratch and update rules, both my WAN and LAN interface start MANUALLY without issue
- overnight when the auto-update of rules (snort and ET) occurs, snort on both WAN and LAN interfaces stop and cannot be started manually
Returns the following FATAL error in log:
snort[33033]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_60243_em3/preproc_rules/sensitive-data.rules(1) Unknown ClassType: sdf
snort[33033]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_60243_em3/preproc_rules/sensitive-data.rules(1) Unknown ClassType: sdf- once sensitive data option is disabled on preprocessors (either WAN or LAN interface), am able to MANUALLY start snort without issue
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I have both ET and Snort rules enabled and it has been auto updating without any problems for me. I don't have the sensitive data preprocesser on.. The only thing I am noticing is snort memory usage keeps increasing. generally out of 2 gig pfsense generally with snort in the past would sit around 25% used on ram.. Now it starts out at 25% and keeps climbing. Its currently at 40%. If I stop snort and restart it manually it resets back down the starting point. Then it starts climbing daily and during high usage. It seems like whatever cache its using isn't released once done. Any reason why this would be happening with the latest version of snort? I never had this issue before. I have wiped and cleanly installed snort and same problem.
I've noticed the same thing this morning. My norm is 24% with snort and 11% without snort. This morning it was up to 28%..
I haven't looked at the rule update code since i've been away for the last week. But does it stop and stop snort or is it doing a reload?
Not seeing any memory problems on my boxes. What is your snort memory settings. I am running A/C. Snort is reloading not starting and stopping.
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]:
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]:
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]: –== Reload Complete ==--
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]: –== Reload Complete ==--
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]:
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]:
Jul 28 00:32:31 snort[25620]: +–--------------------------------------------------------------
Jul 28 00:32:31 snort[25620]: +–--------------------------------------------------------------Again I am using Fesoj "snort_check_for_rule_updates.php" That Fesoj posted. I have not updated since then.
https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-packages/pull/291/filesSensitive data preproc is on and using both rule sets. Not using any SO. rules
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I have both ET and Snort rules enabled and it has been auto updating without any problems for me. I don't have the sensitive data preprocesser on.. The only thing I am noticing is snort memory usage keeps increasing. generally out of 2 gig pfsense generally with snort in the past would sit around 25% used on ram.. Now it starts out at 25% and keeps climbing. Its currently at 40%. If I stop snort and restart it manually it resets back down the starting point. Then it starts climbing daily and during high usage. It seems like whatever cache its using isn't released once done. Any reason why this would be happening with the latest version of snort? I never had this issue before. I have wiped and cleanly installed snort and same problem.
I've noticed the same thing this morning. My norm is 24% with snort and 11% without snort. This morning it was up to 28%..
I haven't looked at the rule update code since i've been away for the last week. But does it stop and stop snort or is it doing a reload?
From what i can tell, a reload. Not a stop and start.
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I have both ET and Snort rules enabled and it has been auto updating without any problems for me. I don't have the sensitive data preprocesser on.. The only thing I am noticing is snort memory usage keeps increasing. generally out of 2 gig pfsense generally with snort in the past would sit around 25% used on ram.. Now it starts out at 25% and keeps climbing. Its currently at 40%. If I stop snort and restart it manually it resets back down the starting point. Then it starts climbing daily and during high usage. It seems like whatever cache its using isn't released once done. Any reason why this would be happening with the latest version of snort? I never had this issue before. I have wiped and cleanly installed snort and same problem.
I've noticed the same thing this morning. My norm is 24% with snort and 11% without snort. This morning it was up to 28%..
I haven't looked at the rule update code since i've been away for the last week. But does it stop and stop snort or is it doing a reload?
Not seeing any memory problems on my boxes. What is your snort memory settings. I am running A/C. Snort is reloading not starting and stopping.
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]:
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]:
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]: –== Reload Complete ==--
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]: –== Reload Complete ==--
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]:
Jul 28 00:32:33 snort[25620]:
Jul 28 00:32:31 snort[25620]: +–--------------------------------------------------------------
Jul 28 00:32:31 snort[25620]: +–--------------------------------------------------------------Again I am using Fesoj "snort_check_for_rule_updates.php" That Fesoj posted. I have not updated since then.
https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-packages/pull/291/filesSensitive data preproc is on and using both rule sets. Not using any SO. rules
I have always used AC-BNFA
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I used to use ac/bnfa but since the new binary the memory use seems to be under control and I switched to a/c a week or so ago, snort has not stopped since. BTW I have 4 gig memory in i386 and 8 gig in amd63
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Here's a different error in the log… same symptom though.
Jul 27 12:04:37 kernel: pid 44861 (snort), uid 0: exited on signal 11
Jul 27 12:04:37 snort[44861]: FATAL ERROR: Character value out of range, try a binary buffer.Happens after a rules update. Has anybody seen this one?
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I use AC-BNFA with ET and Snort rules, also a few .SO rules on 2.1-Dev i386. Using only what is provided by the package only.. This is really the only way to test and to let the developer know what is going on with the code… Now if we can get Fesoj's code updated with what is currently being offered from the package manager, i'll be willing to test it also.
PS i386 can't take 4gigs, its a little over 3 gigs. Limitation of 32-bit with memory address allocation.
With it reloading, that kinda makes sense. Just have to figure out why is it increasing its usage.
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I am currently using a fresh package install on 2 (virtual) machines and I have NOT applied my latest patch. Both systems are running fine for a couple of hours now. My latest patch is not needed if you load the Snort.org rules (unless my second last patch has been removed meanwhile, but a quick check of the sources show that that is not the case). The rule sets will update during the night, so I'll see tomorrow morning if there is an issue (but I doubt that).
Alerting, blocking, blacklisting (with squid/squidGuard), reporting (with Sarg), and freeRADIUS (hooked up to a MySQL server) is working smoothly. I couldn't be happier.
If others are still seeing problems, I could strip personal info from the images and publish an ova file somewhere. Then we'll see whether the problems persist (maybe some problems could be due to subtle hardware failures ;D).
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Confirming the latest snort code restarts automatically after the update of Snort and ET rules but ONY if the 'Enable Sensitive Data' pre-processor is disabled.
Is anyone else having this issue and is there a way to correct even with a patch until the next code update?
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Confirming the latest snort code restarts automatically after the update of Snort and ET rules but ONY if the 'Enable Sensitive Data' pre-processor is disabled.
Yes, I disabled the sensitive data preproc for my latest tests as well.
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miles267,
snort chokes on the missing sdf declaration. For now, https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-packages/pull/291/files should solve the problem. I haven't looked at the details why the declaration is missing again, but I guess you've enabled only the ET rules (but I could be wrong).
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One more thing:
kilthro said
… The only thing I am noticing is snort memory usage keeps increasing...
and Cino agreed
… I've noticed the same thing this morning...
I looked at the memory usage of the snort daemon as there were some reports about s.th. like memory leaks and I was worried a bit myself.
When you look at snort.sh, you'll see that there is some intelligence coded into rc_start. Basically if a snort instance is already running there is no restart but rather a reload triggered by sending a HUP signal, otherwise there is a cold start (stop and start). You can clog and grep the system.log file for START to find out what happened on the last restart, either SOFT START for reloading using the HUP signal or just START for a real restart.
If you don't trust the HUP signal you can call rc_stop before the rc_start function for restarting. I've looked at both scenarios for the following test.
I restarted and reloaded snort for 50 times with s.th. like /bin/sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh restart followed by a ps -u for the snort processes. After grabbing the RSS values (real memory usage) and plotting the values for reloading and restarting I got the nice diagram that I've attached.
As expected the memory usage for restarting remains constant. When reloading, the memory initially increased, but only up to a maximum value, then it stays essentially constant with some cyclic deviations. I guess this is just how the OS handles real memory. There is definetely no runaway behavior. BTW, your memory values will typically differ from mine which depends mainly on the rules that are used.
To summarize, there doesn't seem to be a memory leak problem when the daemon reloads. Comments are welcome.
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miles267,
snort chokes on the missing sdf declaration. For now, https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-packages/pull/291/files should solve the problem. I haven't looked at the details why the declaration is missing again, but I guess you've enabled only the ET rules (but I could be wrong).
Fesoj, I just applied the fix you've added to github. Will echo back if there are any issues. Are you using the Sensitive data preprocessor in your config?
For example, I've added the following to the bottom of my Snort suppress list. Please let me know if this is accurate. Also, wasn't sure whether I should have so many suppression rules or just certain ones for the HTTP/HTTPS inspect suppress? Please let me know your thoughts. Wasn't sure whether this is the proper use of the suppress list.
uppress gen_id 1, sig_id 536
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 8375
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 12286
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 15147
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 15362
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 17458
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 20583
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 2014819
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 2014520
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 201481
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 2103134
suppress gen_id 1, sig_id 2500056
suppress gen_id 119, sig_id 2
suppress gen_id 119, sig_id 4
suppress gen_id 119, sig_id 14
suppress gen_id 119, sig_id 31
suppress gen_id 119, sig_id 32
suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 2
suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 3
suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 6
suppress gen_id 120, sig_id 8
suppress gen_id 122, sig_id 19
suppress gen_id 122, sig_id 23
suppress gen_id 122, sig_id 26
suppress gen_id 137, sig_id 1Sensitive Data disable
Credit Card Numbers
#suppress gen_id 138, sig_id 2
U.S. Social Security Numbers (with dashes)
#suppress gen_id 138, sig_id 3
U.S. Social Security Numbers (w/out dashes)
#suppress gen_id 138, sig_id 4
Email Addresses
suppress gen_id 138, sig_id 5
U.S. Phone Numbers
suppress gen_id 138, sig_id 6
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miles267,
Are you using the Sensitive data preprocessor in your config?
I verified that the error can occur when the sensitive data preproc is enabled.