Re: Snort Configuration

Joel Esler via Snort-users <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.ids.snort.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
These are not “false alerts”.  They are preprocessor alerts.  Snort doesn’t “make alerts up”, so the things that caused those preprocessor alerts to fire are actually in the traffic.

I also wouldn’t classify a dataset from 2017 as “new”.  So I am unclear in what you are trying to test.  

The community ruleset is a ruleset that is created by and for the community and is licensed under the gplv2.  If you are going to test something (not sure what you are testing), I would test given the registered or the subscriber ruleset.



> On Jan 18, 2022, at 4:37 PM, Eni Sinanaj via Snort-users <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I’m currently writing my bachelors thesis on how well snort performs on new datasets. I’m running snort against the CIC IDS 2017 Dataset and the Tuesday.pcap dataset is about 7G and it contains multiple brute Force attacks. Snort uses the community ruleset to sniff out the attacks, but all I get are decoder and preprocesses alerts.
> 
> The command :
> sudo snort -q --talos -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort.lua -R ~/Downloads/snort3-community-rules/snort3-community.rules -r ~/Tuesday-WorkingHours.pcap.1
> 
> Output:	[112:1:1] (arp_spoof) unicast ARP request (alerts: 16027)
> 	[116:414:1] (ipv4) IPv4 packet to broadcast dest address (alerts: 1081)
> 	[116:441:1] (icmp4) ICMP destination unreachable communication administratively prohibited (alerts: 3)
> 	[116:442:1] (icmp4) ICMP destination unreachable communication with destination host is administratively prohibited (alerts: 72)
> 	[116:444:1] (ipv4) IPv4 option set (alerts: 40)
> 	[119:104:1] (http_inspect) HTTP response has UTF character set that failed to normalize (alerts: 2)
> 	[119:13:1] (http_inspect) HTTP start line or header line terminated by LF without a CR (alerts: 5)
> 	[119:15:1] (http_inspect) URI path contains a segment that is longer than the oversize_dir_length parameter (alerts: 4)
> 	[119:19:1] (http_inspect) HTTP header line exceeds 4096 bytes (alerts: 2)
> 	[119:1:1] (http_inspect) URI has percent-encoding of an unreserved character (alerts: 36)
> 	[119:201:1] (http_inspect) not HTTP traffic or unrecoverable HTTP protocol error (alerts: 20)
> 	[119:209:1] (http_inspect) format error in HTTP header (alerts: 2)
> 	[119:212:1] (http_inspect) unrecognized type of percent encoding in URI (alerts: 3)
> 	[119:221:1] (http_inspect) status code implying no body combined with Transfer-Encoding or nonzero Content-Length (alerts: 9)
> 	[119:226:1] (http_inspect) unknown Content-Encoding used (alerts: 6)
> 	[119:228:1] (http_inspect) server response before client request (alerts: 283)
> 	[119:241:1] (http_inspect) Content-Transfer-Encoding used as HTTP header (alerts: 1123)
> 	[119:260:1] (http_inspect) HTTP Content-Length message body was truncated (alerts: 2516)
> 	[119:261:1] (http_inspect) HTTP chunked message body was truncated (alerts: 457)
> 	[119:2:1] (http_inspect) URI is percent encoded and the result is percent encoded again (alerts: 122)
> 	[119:6:1] (http_inspect) URI has two-byte or three-byte UTF-8 encoding (alerts: 99)
> 	[119:8:1] (http_inspect) URI path contains consecutive slash characters (alerts: 168)
> 	[122:15:1] (port_scan) IP filtered protocol sweep (alerts: 167)
> 	[122:19:1] (port_scan) UDP portsweep (alerts: 1)
> 	[122:1:1] (port_scan) TCP portscan (alerts: 8)
> 	[122:21:1] (port_scan) UDP filtered portscan (alerts: 12)
> 	[122:23:1] (port_scan) UDP filtered portsweep (alerts: 257)
> 	[122:3:1] (port_scan) TCP portsweep (alerts: 183)
> 	[122:7:1] (port_scan) TCP filtered portsweep (alerts: 7)
> 	[123:8:1] (stream_ip) fragmentation overlap (alerts: 2)
> 	[125:5:1] (ftp_server) FTP command parameters contained potential string format (alerts: 2)
> 	[129:14:1] (stream_tcp) TCP timestamp is missing (alerts: 41)
> 	[129:15:1] (stream_tcp) reset outside window (alerts: 1076)
> 	[129:18:1] (stream_tcp) data sent on stream after TCP reset received (alerts: 236)
> 	[129:1:1] (stream_tcp) SYN on established session (alerts: 1)
> 	[129:3:1] (stream_tcp) data sent on stream not accepting data (alerts: 54)
> 	[129:4:1] (stream_tcp) TCP timestamp is outside of PAWS window (alerts: 16)
> 	[129:8:1] (stream_tcp) data sent on stream after TCP reset sent (alerts: 7)
> 	[133:52:1] (dce_smb) SMB - deprecated dialect negotiated (alerts: 188)
> 	[137:1:1] (ssl) invalid client HELLO after server HELLO detected (alerts: 25)
> 	[137:2:1] (ssl) invalid server HELLO without client HELLO detected (alerts: 2)
> rule profile (all, sorted by total_time)
> #       gid   sid rev    checks matches alerts time (us) avg/check avg/match avg/non-match timeouts suspends
> =       ===   === ===    ====== ======= ====== ========= ========= ========= ============= ======== ========
> 1         1300052   1     47329       0      0    101738         2         0             2        0        0
> 2         1 27144   3     27903       0      0     36395         1         0             1        0        0
> 3         1  3136  11      4097       0      0     24682         6         0             6        0        0
> 4         1  3140  11      4097       0      0     24682         6         0             6        0        0
> 5         1 16406  20      3003       0      0     20103         6         0             6        0        0
> 6         1  3138  11      4097       0      0     17234         4         0             4        0        0
> 7         1  3142  11      4097       0      0     17234         4         0             4        0        0
> 8         1 17380  23      1739       0      0     13902         7         0             7        0        0
> 9         1 20480  21      1577       0      0     10060         6         0             6        0        0
> 10        1 27865   7       757       0      0      6299         8         0             8        0        0
> 11        1 20478  22       863       0      0      5815         6         0             6        0        0
> 12        1 20483  22      1384       0      0      4451         3         0             3        0        0
> 13        1 22044   9      2950       0      0      3872         1         0             1        0        0
> 14        1 26251  12      1383       0      0      3856         2         0             2        0        0
> 15        1 41499   6      6825       0      0      3777         0         0             0        0        0
> 16        1 25515  11        29       0      0      3009       103         0           103        0        0
> 17        1 52057   1        26       0      0      2998       115         0           115        0        0
> 18        1 29189   5      1033       0      0      2295         2         0             2        0        0
> 19        1 30786   4       132       0      0      2291        17         0            17        0        0
> 20        1 30780   4        69       0      0      2116        30         0            30        0        0
> 21        1 30779   4        66       0      0      2075        31         0            31        0        0
> 22        1 30784   4        81       0      0      1590        19         0            19        0        0
> 23        1 30783   4       110       0      0      1581        14         0            14        0        0
> 24        1 25513  12       178       0      0      1500         8         0             8        0        0
> 25        1 42820   2       313       0      0      1333         4         0             4        0        0
> 26        1 30785   4        98       0      0      1321        13         0            13        0        0
> 27        1 30777   4        49       0      0      1221        24         0            24        0        0
> 28        1 21498  16       147       0      0      1202         8         0             8        0        0
> 29        1 43003   8       376       0      0      1185         3         0             3        0        0
> 30        1 30778   4        49       0      0      1184        24         0            24        0        0
> 31        1 21499  11      1901       0      0      1127         0         0             0        0        0
> 32        1 58751   3       833       0      0      1099         1         0             1        0        0
> 33        1 45966   1      3378       0      0      1047         0         0             0        0        0
> 34        1 21613  16      1181       0      0       986         0         0             0        0        0
> 35        1 21908  11      1139       0      0       956         0         0             0        0        0
> 36        1 32386   4        43       0      0       747        17         0            17        0        0
> 37        1 30973   7       235       0      0       732         3         0             3        0        0
> 38        1 24455  12       173       0      0       685         3         0             3        0        0
> 39        1 30220   6        43       0      0       665        15         0            15        0        0
> 40        1 42256   7       383       0      0       645         1         0             1        0        0
> 41        1 21728  12       916       0      0       633         0         0             0        0        0
> 42        1 21288  14       297       0      0       572         1         0             1        0        0
> 43        1 17733  18        56       0      0       498         8         0             8        0        0
> 44        1 28596   4        43       0      0       478        11         0            11        0        0
> 45        1 22043   8        58       0      0       418         7         0             7        0        0
> 46        1 47567   2       205       0      0       405         1         0             1        0        0
> 47        1 30782   4        95       0      0       375         3         0             3        0        0
> 48        1 58744   5       166       0      0       354         2         0             2        0        0
> 49        1 16407  20        64       0      0       320         5         0             5        0        0
> 50        1 43004   5       372       0      0       307         0         0             0        0        0
> 51        1 49090   1       372       0      0       307         0         0             0        0        0
> 52        1 20965  14        64       0      0       258         4         0             4        0        0
> 53        1  2419  30        22       0      0       242        11         0            11        0        0
> 54        1 16425  24        16       0      0       228        14         0            14        0        0
> 55        1 21725  12       298       0      0       209         0         0             0        0        0
> 56        1 21909  12       150       0      0       176         1         0             1        0        0
> 57        1 38951   2       281       0      0       173         0         0             0        0        0
> 58        1 50445   1        16       0      0       173        10         0            10        0        0
> 59        1 33825   7       140       0      0        88         0         0             0        0        0
> 60        1 30515  11       132       0      0        80         0         0             0        0        0
> 61        1 40035  10         9       0      0        70         7         0             7        0        0
> 62        1 47338   1        27       0      0        69         2         0             2        0        0
> 63        1  2422  31         6       0      0        66        11         0            11        0        0
> 64        1 20463  26         9       0      0        63         7         0             7        0        0
> 65        1 24359   9       136       0      0        55         0         0             0        0        0
> 66        1 47016   1        22       0      0        54         2         0             2        0        0
> 67        1 29386  15        62       0      0        53         0         0             0        0        0
> 68        1 30517  11       150       0      0        42         0         0             0        0        0
> 69        1 21727  12        11       0      0        40         3         0             3        0        0
> 70        1 30516  11        95       0      0        38         0         0             0        0        0
> 71        1 30906   3         9       0      0        37         4         0             4        0        0
> 72        1 21734  12        42       0      0        36         0         0             0        0        0
> 73        1 22045  10        18       0      0        29         1         0             1        0        0
> 74        1 21035  17        21       0      0        25         1         0             1        0        0
> 75        1 21856  13        23       0      0        24         1         0             1        0        0
> 76        1 21730  12        39       0      0        22         0         0             0        0        0
> 77        1 21696  13        16       0      0        19         1         0             1        0        0
> 78        1 30510   8         6       0      0        18         3         0             3        0        0
> 79        1 30520   9         6       0      0        18         3         0             3        0        0
> 80        1 29864   2        17       0      0        18         1         0             1        0        0
> 81        1 29385  15        13       0      0        16         1         0             1        0        0
> 82        1 30514  11        96       0      0        16         0         0             0        0        0
> 83        1 19211  23         1       0      0        14        14         0            14        0        0
> 84        1 20850  17         7       0      0        13         1         0             1        0        0
> 85        1 28430   4         1       0      0        12        12         0            12        0        0
> 86        1 30522   9        10       0      0        10         1         0             1        0        0
> 87        1 30512   8        10       0      0        10         1         0             1        0        0
> 88        1 21282  12         1       0      0        10        10         0            10        0        0
> 89        1 21746  12         5       0      0         8         1         0             1        0        0
> 90        1 21283  13         6       0      0         8         1         0             1        0        0
> 91        1 30511   8        16       0      0         7         0         0             0        0        0
> 92        1 30521   9        16       0      0         7         0         0             0        0        0
> 93        1 21738  13         4       0      0         7         1         0             1        0        0
> 94        1 21695  12         5       0      0         7         1         0             1        0        0
> 95        1 30513   8        12       0      0         7         0         0             0        0        0
> 96        1 30523   9        12       0      0         7         0         0             0        0        0
> 97        1 21736  12         4       0      0         6         1         0             1        0        0
> 98        1 21726  13         7       0      0         5         0         0             0        0        0
> 99        1 58743   5        12       0      0         5         0         0             0        0        0
> 100       1 28795   7         1       0      0         3         3         0             3        0        0
> 101       1 28429   3         1       0      0         2         2         0             2        0        0
> 102       1 21857  14         1       0      0         1         1         0             1        0        0
> 103       1 24456  12         1       0      0         1         1         0             1        0        0
> 104       1 21614  17         1       0      0         1         1         0             1        0        0
> 105       1 21747  13         1       0      0         0         0         0             0        0        0
> 106       1 31971   9         1       0      0         0         0         0             0        0        0
> 107       1 52549   1         1       0      0         0         0         0             0        0        0
> 
> 
> I also checkt the log file using Splunk but none of the found alerts match bruteforce. 
> Any Ideas why so many false alerts?
> 
> With kind regards 
> Eni 
> 
> 
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