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authorgrant <grant>2003-04-16 15:49:05 +0000
committergrant <grant>2003-04-16 15:49:05 +0000
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ticket 1257
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-# $NetBSD: CHANGES-1.6.1,v 1.1.2.15 2003/04/16 15:23:52 grant Exp $
+# $NetBSD: CHANGES-1.6.1,v 1.1.2.16 2003/04/16 15:49:05 grant Exp $
Changes to the pkgsrc-1-6-1 branch:
@@ -439,3 +439,83 @@ chat/ircII/distinfo 1.17-1.18
o fix "irc -h" which was broken recently
o fix "dcc close raw" which was broken recently
[aymeric, ticket #1254]
+
+net/snort/Makefile.common 1.8
+net/snort/PLIST 1.9
+net/snort/distinfo 1.15
+net/snort/patches/patch-aa 1.9
+net/snort/patches/patch-ad 1.2
+net/snort/patches/patch-ae 1.2
+
+ Updated to version 2.0.0.
+
+ IMPORTANT: This version fixes remotely exploitable heap overflow in the stream4
+ preprocessor module.
+
+ Advisory: http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=313&idxseccion=10
+
+ Changes:
+
+ 2.0.0:
+ ======
+ - Enhanced high-performance detection engine
+ - Stateful Pattern Matching
+ - New detection keywords: byte_test & byte_jump
+ - The Snort code base has undergone an external third party professional
+ security audit funded by Sourcefire (http://www.sourcefire.com)
+ - Many new and updated rules
+ - snort.conf has been updated
+ - Enhancements to self preservation mechanisms in stream4 and frag2
+ - State tracking fixes in stream4
+ - New HTTP flow analyzer
+ - Enhanced protocol decoding (TCP options, 802.1q, etc)
+ - Enhanced protocol anomaly detection (IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, RPC, HTTP, etc)
+ - Enhanced flexresp mode for real-time TCP session sniping
+ - Better chroot()'ing
+ - Tagging system updated
+ - Several million bugs addressed....
+ - Updated FAQ (thanks to Erek Adams and Dragos Ruiu) Snort 2.0 can be
+ downloaded at http://www.snort.org/dl/snort-2.0.0.tar.gz. Binary
+ versions of the codebase will be built over the next several days and
+ made available at here.
+
+ 2.0.rc4:
+ ========
+ - byte_jump/byte_test don't force relative content options
+ - byte_jump/byte_test absolute offsets work
+ - Better FIN handling in Stream4
+
+ 2.0.rc3:
+ ========
+ - A low memory usage detection method (enabled via "config detection:
+ search-method lowmem")
+ - Moved the default unix socket location to LOGDIR
+
+ 2.0.rc2:
+ ========
+ - syslog should work on win32 and unix
+ - major tagging updates
+ - new UDP decoding alerts
+ - snort.conf updates
+
+ 2.0.rc1:
+ ========
+ - Higher performance (due to a new pattern matcher and rebuilt detection
+ engine)
+ - Better decoders
+ - Enhanced stream reassembly and defragmentation
+ - Tons of bug fixes
+ - Updated rules
+ - Updated snort.conf
+ - New detection keywords (byte_test, byte_jump, distance, within) &
+ stateful pattern matching
+ - New HTTP flow analyzer
+ - Enhanced anomaly detection (HTTP, RPC, TCP, IP, etc)
+ - Better self preservation in stateful subsystems
+ - Xrefs fixed
+ - Flexresp works faster and more effectively
+ - Better chroot()'ing
+ - Fixed 802.1q decoding
+ - Better async state handling
+ - New alerting option: -A cmg!!
+ [salo, ticket #1257]