Bro 2.6.4

[dougburks]

A security patch release, Bro v2.6.4, is now available for
download:

  https://www.zeek.org/downloads/bro-2.6.4.tar.gz
  https://www.zeek.org/downloads/bro-2.6.4.tar.gz.asc

Bro v2.6.4 addresses a potential Denial of Service
vulnerability:

* The NTLM analyzer did not properly handle AV Pair sequences
  that were either empty or unterminated, resulting in invalid
  memory access or heap buffer over-read.  The NTLM analyzer
  is enabled by default and used in the analysis of SMB,
  DCE/RPC, and GSSAPI protocols.

[dougburks]

The following packages are now ready for testing:

securityonion-bro - 2.6.4-1ubuntu1securityonion1
securityonion-bro-afpacket - 1.3.0-1ubuntu1securityonion13
securityonion-bro-scripts - 20121004-0ubuntu0securityonion73

Please test/verify as follows (watch out for line wrapping):

• install the current 16.04 ISO image

• snapshot the VM if possible

• add the test PPA:

  sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:securityonion/test

• update:

  sudo soup

• verify that the package installation scripts display a message about checking configuration and adding back any local customizations and then restarting Bro.

• verify that Bro packages were upgraded and new securityonion-bro-afpacket package was installed:

  dpkg -l |grep securityonion-bro

• if new installation, run through Setup

• verify that the package installation scripts backed up the following with a _pre-2.6.4 extension: /opt/bro/etc/ /opt/bro/share/bro/site/local.bro

• verify that StatusCmdShowAll has been set to 0 in /opt/bro/etc/broctl.cfg:

  grep StatusCmdShowAll /opt/bro/etc/broctl.cfg

• verify that "lb_custom.InterfacePrefix=af_packet::" has been added to /opt/bro/etc/broctl.cfg:

  grep af_packet /opt/bro/etc/broctl.cfg

• Restart Bro as noted by package installation:

  sudo so-bro-restart

• check status:

  sudo so-status

• check Bro startup logs for any warnings/errors out of the ordinary:

  cat /nsm/bro/logs/current/reporter.log
  cat /nsm/bro/logs/current/stdout.log
  cat /nsm/bro/logs/current/stderr.log

• replay LOTS of traffic:

  sudo so-test

• verify that files are extracted to /nsm/bro/extracted:

  ls -alh /nsm/bro/extracted

• verify that /nsm/bro/logs/current/conn.log contains the proper sensorname at the end of each log entry:

  cat /nsm/bro/logs/current/conn.log

• verify that Bro logs are in the format as they were pre-upgrade (should be JSON by default).

• verify that the Elastic Stack is parsing and displaying logs properly

• verify that you can pivot to CapMe for both TCP and UDP traffic

• check sostat output for anything out of the ordinary (specifically, check the pf_ring and bro sections for packet loss)

• verify that Bro ja3 script is loaded and logging:

  grep ja3 /nsm/bro/logs/current/

• verify that Bro hassh script is loaded and logging:

  grep hassh /nsm/bro/logs/current/

• verify that everything else works properly with no regressions

• reboot and make sure everything still works properly

Please test in as many different combinations as possible:

• Evaluation Mode (Bro Standalone mode) vs Production Mode (Bro cluster mode)

• single sniffing interface vs multiple sniffing interfaces

• file extraction enabled or disabled

• json-logs enabled or disabled

• traffic without vlan tags vs traffic with vlan tags

• new installation vs upgrade

• Bro cluster mode - PF_RING (lb_method=pf_ring) vs AF_PACKET (lb_method=custom)

Anything else we missed?

Please record all test results on this github issue. If everything works correctly, please record that. If not, please include detailed information about what you're experiencing.

Thanks in advance for your time and effort!

[forgottentq]

I ran through all the tests and everything seems to be working great!! :)

[dougburks]

Thanks @forgottentq !

Published: https://blog.securityonion.net/2019/09/bro-264-now-available-for-security-onion.html