Issues with Snort

"Bill Young" <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:00:50 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.ids.snort.snarf
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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Howdy,
I have an issue running snortsnarf.  I got through previous issues but =
ended
up getting repeated errors of "ran out of memory" this on a 1.5 Ghz
processor with 640 meg of ram running Windows and Perl 5.6.  Switched to
another box stripped down that has a 2.5 ghz processor and a gig of =
memory.
It took forever to run similar to the 1.5 but after an an intial stage =
of
100% processor utilization starts alerting on errors "Use of unitialized
value in numeric comparison <<=3D>> at include/Snortsnarf/Mem =
timebase.pm line
69, <inputfile001> line [here it just increments through].
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Has anyone seen this and any possible workarounds.  I have down loaded =
the
Timemodules.  The makefile portion part of the instructions works for me =
but
the rest do not, make, make test etc.  I am a Perl wannabe but trying to =
get
better. Perhaps I am missing something there.  From an earlier post I =
copied
the time modules to my perl lib directory and that seemed to get rid of =
some
initial errors but after the long delay I am getting the "Use of =
unitialized
value in numeric comparison".  =20
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Final issue I have been having is that I am looking at some alert data =
from
http://www.incidents.org/logs/.    I keep getting the following errors =
on
the alert file.  The scan file is ok other than the errors above.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
unknown alert format for line: :1025 -> MY.NET.236.198:137
; skipping
unknown alert format for line: :65535 -> MY.NET.97.91:3411
; skipping
------------------------------------------------------------------
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Yet review of the file does not show any corruption.=20
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Appreciate any help with this. =20
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And thanks to Jim Grossl for previous help.
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Cheers,
Bill

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<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Howdy,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have =
an issue=20
running snortsnarf.&nbsp; I got through previous issues but ended up =
getting=20
repeated errors of "ran out of memory" this on a 1.5 Ghz processor with =
640 meg=20
of ram running Windows and Perl 5.6.&nbsp; Switched to another box =
stripped down=20
that has a 2.5 ghz processor and a gig of memory.&nbsp; It took forever =
to run=20
similar to the 1.5 but after an an intial stage of 100% processor =
utilization=20
starts alerting on&nbsp;errors "Use of unitialized value in numeric =
comparison=20
&lt;&lt;=3D&gt;&gt; at include/Snortsnarf/Mem timebase.pm line 69,=20
&lt;inputfile001&gt; line [here it just increments =
through].</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Has =
anyone seen this=20
and any possible workarounds.&nbsp; I have down loaded the =
Timemodules.&nbsp;=20
The makefile portion part of the instructions works for me but the rest =
do not,=20
make, make test etc.&nbsp; I am a Perl wannabe but trying to get better. =
Perhaps=20
I am missing something there.&nbsp;&nbsp;From an earlier post I copied =
the time=20
modules to my perl lib directory and that seemed to get rid of some =
initial=20
errors but after the long delay I&nbsp;am getting the "Use of =
unitialized value=20
in numeric comparison".&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Final =
issue I have=20
been having is that I am looking at some alert data from <A=20
href=3D"http://www.incidents.org/logs/">http://www.incidents.org/logs/</A=
>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
I keep getting the following errors on the alert file.&nbsp; The scan =
file is ok=20
other than the errors above.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------------------=
---</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>unknown alert format=20
for line: :1025 -&gt; MY.NET.236.198:137<BR>; skipping<BR>unknown alert =
format=20
for line: :65535 -&gt; MY.NET.97.91:3411<BR>; =
skipping</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------------------=
--</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yet =
review of the=20
file does not show any corruption.&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Appreciate any help=20
with this.&nbsp; </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And =
thanks to Jim=20
Grossl for previous help.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D367183800-06062003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Bill</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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