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Sourcefire VRT Certified Snort Rules Update
Synopsis:
The Sourcefire VRT is aware of vulnerabilities affecting hosts using the
Microsoft Windows operating system.
Details:
Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS08-001):
The Microsoft Windows operating system contains a programming error that may
allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.
It should be noted however, that the likelihood of this issue being actively
exploited is minimal.
Shared object rules to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability are included
in this release and are identified with GID 3 and SIDs 13287 and 13288.
For a complete list of new and modified rules please see:
http://www.snort.org/vrt/docs/ruleset_changelogs/changes-2008-01-08.html
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
The structure of the "so_rules" directory inside the rule packages has changed.
The following is a break out of the new directory structure:
so_rules/
src/
precompiled/
<distro>/
<platform>/
<snort-version>
Where:
<distro> is one of the following values:
a. CentOS-4.6
b. CentOS-5.1
c. FC-5
d. OSX-10.4
e. ubuntu-6.01.1
<platform> is one of the following values:
a. i386
<snort-version> is one of the following values
a. 2.6.1.5
b. 2.7.0
c. 2.8.0.1
There have been no changes to the src/ directory layout from previous packages.
The reason for this change is two fold. The first reason for this is to better
serve the snort community by pre-compiling the "SO" rules so they are easier to
use on the various platforms utilized by the snort community and the VRT
subscribers. Additionally due to contract terms with some 3rd party research
organizations a small number of VRT certified rules will now only be delivered
as binaries. This change is limited to shared object rules. Non-SO rules will
not be affected.
If your platform / distro is not currently listed above this does not
mean these shared objects won't work on your platform. Numerous Linux
distributions share common libc versions and it is possible that one of the
above distributions and platforms will work on your system. If none of the
above combinations work on your platform please send a note to the snort-sigs
mailing list so we can gage the need for additional platforms and distributions
to be added to the list of supported platforms.
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