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| Subject: | Re: [Snort-sigs] SID: 8440 |
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| Date: | Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:30:48 +0200 |
On Tuesday 24 April 2007 17.24, Paul Schmehl wrote: [...]
I'm trying to understand *why* what appear to be legitimate users checking email is tripping this alert. Is it badly configured clients? Unpatched clients? Badly designed clients that ignore the protocol? The bottom line is, why are our users' email clients routinely trying to overflow a buffer?
For what it's worth, I've deactivated this sig since long since it was giving way too many false positives. We run NIDS services for a whole bunch of companies and this sig has triggered massively on our sensors in pretty much every network we've connected them to. So I'm fairly confident that what you're seeing is not clients trying to exploit a vulnerability, rather they are just going about their usual business and this Snort sig is interpreting it incorrectly. Regards, Patrik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Snort-sigs mailing list Snort-sigs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-sigs
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