Bug #10299
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Snort - Blocked Alert - Description loss -> Alert Description No Longer Available
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Description
Snort v 3.2.9.10
Package Dependencies:
snort-2.9.15 barnyard2-1.13_1
The Snort first report in Blocked tab, show the IP Blocked and the respective Alert Descritions and Event Times data, but after some time, it lose the data and only show the message "Alert Description No Longer Available "
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Updated by Bill Meeks about 5 years ago
Diego Leon wrote:
Snort v 3.2.9.10
Package Dependencies:
snort-2.9.15 barnyard2-1.13_1The Snort first report in Blocked tab, show the IP Blocked and the respective Alert Descritions and Event Times data, but after some time, it lose the data and only show the message "Alert Description No Longer Available "
This is not a bug. It is just a consequence of the alert log being rotated out (or manually cleared by the admin). The Description field on the BLOCKED tab scans the snort2c pf table to find currently blocked IP addresses (put there by Snort). In an attempt to add some metadata to the displayed blocked addresses, the PHP code reads the currently active alert log file to see if any of the currently blocked IPs show up with alerts. If found, the alert data from the matching IP addresses is used to build the Description. When the alert log is flushed or rotated due to exceeding the configured max size, the metadata for some blocked IP addresses is no longer there to be matched.
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Updated by Diego Leon about 5 years ago
- File Blocked-issues.png Blocked-issues.png added
Bill Meeks wrote:
Diego Leon wrote:
Snort v 3.2.9.10
Package Dependencies:
snort-2.9.15 barnyard2-1.13_1The Snort first report in Blocked tab, show the IP Blocked and the respective Alert Descritions and Event Times data, but after some time, it lose the data and only show the message "Alert Description No Longer Available "
This is not a bug. It is just a consequence of the alert log being rotated out (or manually cleared by the admin). The Description field on the BLOCKED tab scans the snort2c pf table to find currently blocked IP addresses (put there by Snort). In an attempt to add some metadata to the displayed blocked addresses, the PHP code reads the currently active alert log file to see if any of the currently blocked IPs show up with alerts. If found, the alert data from the matching IP addresses is used to build the Description. When the alert log is flushed or rotated due to exceeding the configured max size, the metadata for some blocked IP addresses is no longer there to be matched.
Thanks Bill for your answer
I understand what do you say.. but think this problem is different.
As you see in the new attach image, in the blocked tab show data in the IP Column, but Alert Descriptions and Event Times Columns, show "Alert Description No Longer Available"
That mean snort2c have data (IP) but I don't know what happen with the Description.