[Bro-Dev] [JIRA] (BIT-1045) Review usage of InternalError when parsing network traffic

Vlad Grigorescu (JIRA) jira at bro-tracker.atlassian.net
Sun Jul 28 07:11:04 PDT 2013


Vlad Grigorescu created BIT-1045:
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             Summary: Review usage of InternalError when parsing network traffic
                 Key: BIT-1045
                 URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1045
             Project: Bro Issue Tracker
          Issue Type: Task
          Components: Bro
    Affects Versions: 2.1, git/master
            Reporter: Vlad Grigorescu


Creating issue for tracking purposes.

Reporter->InternalError denotes a fatal error, and will cause Bro to stop. Calling this function when parsing network traffic creates the possibility for an attacker using a "packet of death," which could stop Bro.

I suspect that in most cases, a weird should be generated instead, and Bro should just move on to the next packet. A quick grep shows some likely candidates for incorrect use of InternalError:

src/Sessions.cc:		reporter->InternalError("Bad IP protocol version in DoNextInnerPacket");
src/Sessions.cc:		reporter->InternalError("fragment block not in dictionary");
src/Sessions.cc:		reporter->InternalError("fragment block missing");
src/Sessions.cc:			reporter->InternalError("unknown transport protocol");
src/Frag.cc:		reporter->InternalError("bad IP version in fragment reassembly");
src/IP.cc:		reporter->InternalError("IPv6_HdrChain::Init with truncated IP header");
src/IP.cc:			reporter->InternalError("IPv6_Hdr_Chain bad header %d", type);
src/IP.h:			reporter->InternalError("bad IP version in IP_Hdr ctor");
src/RSH.cc:		reporter->InternalError("multiple rsh client names");
src/RSH.cc:		reporter->InternalError("multiple rsh initial client names");
src/POP3.cc:		reporter->InternalError("command not known");
src/Rlogin.cc:		reporter->InternalError("multiple rlogin client names");
src/ICMP.cc:			reporter->InternalError("unexpected IP proto in ICMP analyzer: %d",
src/ICMP.cc:		reporter->InternalError("unexpected next protocol in ICMP::DeliverPacket()");
src/SMB.cc:		reporter->InternalError("command mismatch for ParseTransaction");
src/HTTP.cc:		reporter->InternalError("unrecognized HTTP message event");
src/HTTP.cc:		reporter->InternalError("HTTP ParseRequest failed");
src/DPM.cc:		reporter->InternalError("unknown protocol");
src/RPC.cc:		reporter->InternalError("RPC underflow");
src/RPC.cc:			reporter->InternalError("RPC resync: skipping over data failed");
src/RPC.cc:					reporter->InternalError("inconsistent RPC record marker extraction");

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