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List:       snort-sigs
Subject:    Re: [Snort-sigs] False negatives on "ATTACK-RESPONSES id check
From:       Jon Hart <jhart () spoofed ! org>
Date:       2007-04-16 15:00:20
Message-ID: 20070416150020.GU26404 () spoofed ! org
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 12:40:27PM +0200, Cees wrote:
> Some additional information:
> 
> Version of snort used: 2.6.1.2
> Snort.conf configuration:
> var HOME_NET [192.168.247.133/32]
> var EXTERNAL_NET !$HOME_NET
> [..]
> Preprocessors: frag3, stream4, http_inspect
> 
> Command-line options when starting snort:
> snort -u snort -r uid.pcap -l log/ -c snort.conf
> 
> Operating system used: Gentoo linux
> 
> Attached a sample PCAP file. A client (192.168.247.129) retrieves a website
> from the server (192.168.247.133) with the string "uid=33(www-data)
> gid=33(www-data) groups=33(www-data)".

I seem to recall discussion about this rule and its potential for
false-negatives sometime in the past.  The further you crank out
'within', the greater the chance of a false-positive.  There is
definitely room for improvement, IMO, as uid and gid combinations that
are greather than 9 characters in length are quite common.

Why not pcre for this rule?  'pcre:/uid=\d+\S+\s+gid=\d+\S+'?

-jon

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