Re: [Snort-users] React: block

Pachulski, Keith wrote:
> Snort was compiled with --enable-gre, --enable-aruba, and
> --enable-flexresp
>
> # snort -V 
>
>    ,,_     -*> Snort! <*-
>   o"  )~   Version 2.6.1.5 (Build 59)  
>    ''''    By Martin Roesch & The Snort Team:
> http://www.snort.org/team.html
>            (C) Copyright 1998-2007 Sourcefire Inc., et al.
>
> # uname -av
> Linux monitor 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL #1 Tue Feb 27 09:24:42 EST 2007 i686 i686
> i386 GNU/Linux
>
> When I try to run snort with the react: block
>
> I get the following error
>
> snort[6099]: FATAL ERROR: /home/snort/local.rules(8): SnortSnprintf
> failed 
>
> alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"PORN anal
> sex"; content:"anal sex"; nocase; flow:to_client,established;
> classtype:kickass-porn; sid:1317; rev:5; react: block;)
>
> So what am I doing wrong =)

You're not doing anything wrong.  It looks like we're not allocating the
NULL byte for the buffer that is passed to SnortSnprintf, so it is
returning a truncated result.  This should be fixed in the final Snort
2.7.0 (not the RC).

Thanks,
Todd

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