Re: [Snort-users] snort 2.8.2.1 stops logging after 1 minute...

Attached is a patch to 2.8.2.1 that should address the issue.
If anyone has problems with it, please let us know.

Cheers.
-steve

Tim Maletic wrote:
> Was glad to see this thread pop up.  I'm seeing similar behavior when I
> attempt to move from 2.8.0 to 2.8.2.
>
> Running on RHEL4, 2.8.0 is working fine.  I shutdown, copy the 2.8.2 snort
> binary and libraries into place, restart, and then I get a handful of alerts
> before the load climbs to 2.5 in a minute or two.  (Load under 2.8.0 is
> typically under 1.)  Once it's in that state, no alerts fire (even while
> generating test alert traffic), and the snort processes don't respond to
> SIGUSR1 like normal.
>
> So, same config, same rulesets, but 2.8.0 runs fine and 2.8.2 tanks.  (I
> also tried disabling my local rules under 2.8.2, and that didn't help.)
> -tm
>
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Index: src/detection-plugins/sp_pcre.c
--- src/detection-plugins/sp_pcre.c     30 Apr 2008 18:53:14 -0000
+++ src/detection-plugins/sp_pcre.c     18 Jul 2008 20:42:14 -0000
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@
     {
         return 0; /* Don't search again */
     }
+
+    if (pcre->options & (SNORT_PCRE_URI | SNORT_PCRE_BODY))
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     pcre->options |= SNORT_PCRE_RELATIVE;
     pcre->search_offset += search_offset;
     return 1; /* Continue searcing */

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