Bug #451
closedUnable to identify root cause of error parsing a rule when a long 'Source or Destination address list excedd' the maximum size of the buffer available.
Description
When I write a rule with a lot of IPv4 address in the source or destination field I get an error on parsing it and in response suricata don't give useful information to identify the root cause of the problem.
The error message response is bellow and attached there is the rule, so anyone can check that a ']' is not missing and the problem is the ' BIG LIST of IPv4 ADDRESS' :>
19/4/2012 -- 10:43:49 - <Error> - [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_INVALID_SIGNATURE(39)] - not every address block was properly closed in "[ BIG LIST of IPv4 ADDRESS ]", 1 missing closing brackets (]). Note: problem might be in a variable.
19/4/2012 -- 10:43:49 - <Error> - [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_INVALID_SIGNATURE(39)] - error parsing signature "alert ip [ BIG LIST of IPv4 ADDRESS ] any <> any any (msg:"IP blacklist APT"; reference:url,boos.core-dumped.info; threshold: type limit, track by_src, seconds 60, count 1; classtype:misc-attack; sid:12345600; rev:2;)" from file /etc/suricata/rules/ip-apt.rules at line 3
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