Re: Snort++ Escaping characters in signature content

[Russ <rucombs () cisco com>]

Thanks - we will get that fixed.

On 1/24/17 10:54 AM, secres () linuxmail org wrote:
> It was brought to my attention today that Snort++ seems to have a 
> issue with escaping " characters in content rules.  For instance, take 
> the below signature that looks for ":\.  If put through Snort++ 
> 3.0.0-a4-222 you'll get a few errors.
> alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"Testing 
> Escape Characters"; content:"Look for \" and \; and \' and \\"; 
> sid:11111; rev:1;)
> o")~   Snort++ 3.0.0-a4-222
> ...
> ERROR: /opt/snort3/etc/snort/error.rules:1 invalid byte code at 13
> ERROR: /opt/snort3/etc/snort/error.rules:1 fast_pattern_offset must be 
> less than the actual pattern length which is 0.
> ERROR: /opt/snort3/etc/snort/error.rules:1 can't finalize content
> But if you replace \" with byte code |22| it works just fine.  I also 
> tested this siganture in 2.9.8 and either one works.  I typically 
> don't have an issue with it because I always use |22| but since I've 
> seen other signatures that use \" instead of the byte code is there a 
> fix for this?
> alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"Testing 
> Escape Characters"; content:"Look for |22| and \; and \' and \\"; 
> sid:11111; rev:1;)
> o")~   Snort++ 3.0.0-a4-222
> ...
> Snort successfully validated the configuration.
> o")~   Snort exiting
>         --== Initializing Snort ==--
> ...
> Version 2.9.8.2 GRE (Build 335)
> ...
> Snort successfully validated the configuration!
> Snort exiting
> Hope this helps anyone with the same issue.
> Thanks!
>
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