Hi all,

Since upgrading my (Solaris) ossec-hids server to version 1.4 I'm now 
seeing the problem of the dying "maild" process. Never seen this problem 
before.

I'm currently running a "truss" (Solaris equivalent of strace) on the 
process to see what, if anything, shows up.

Cheers,

Richard


--On 29 November 2007 21:06 -0400 Daniel Cid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Hi Pierre,
>
> Thanks for the information. I was able to find out where the bug is
> and the fix is available at:
>
> http://www.ossec.net/files/snapshots/ossec-hids-071129.tar.gz
>
>
> Just update to this new version and the problem should go away.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Daniel B. Cid
> dcid ( at ) ossec.net
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2007 8:55 AM, Pierre Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> Here the information you are requesting:
>>
>>
>> Result of the strace:
>>
>> read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
>> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {5, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
>> read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
>> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {5, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
>> read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
>> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {5, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
>> read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
>> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {5, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
>> read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
>> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {5, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
>> read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
>> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {5, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
>> read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
>> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {5, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
>> time(NULL)                              = 1196312447
>> read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
>> close(4)                                = 0
>> munmap(0xb7f88000, 4096)                = 0
>> open("/logs/alerts/2007/Nov/ossec-alerts-29.log", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)
>> = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault)
>> @ 0 (0) ---
>>
>>
>> Also,  here the ossec.conf file:  (clean from private information)
>>
>> Hope this help,
>>
>> ossec_config>
>>   <global>
>>     <email_notification>yes</email_notification>
>>     <email_to>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email_to>
>>     <smtp_server>dddd.servername.com.</smtp_server>
>>     <email_from>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email_from>
>>   </global>
>>
>>  <email_alerts>
>>    <email_to>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email_to>
>>    <rule_id>101702</rule_id>
>>    <do_not_delay />
>>    <do_not_group />
>>   </email_alerts>
>>
>>  <email_alerts>
>>    <email_to>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email_to>
>>    <rule_id>101702</rule_id>
>>    <do_not_delay />
>>    <do_not_group />
>>   </email_alerts>
>>
>>
>>   <syscheck>
>>     <!-- Frequency that syscheck is executed - default to every 6 hours
>>     --> <frequency>21600</frequency>
>>
>>     <!-- Directories to check  (perform all possible verifications) -->
>>     <directories check_all="yes">/etc,/usr/bin,/usr/sbin</directories>
>>     <directories check_all="yes">/bin,/sbin</directories>
>>
>>     <!-- Files/directories to ignore -->
>>     <ignore>/etc/mtab</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/mnttab</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/hosts.deny</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/mail/statistics</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/random-seed</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/adjtime</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/httpd/logs</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/utmpx</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/wtmpx</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/cups/certs</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/dumpdates</ignore>
>>     <ignore>/etc/svc/volatile</ignore>
>>
>>     <!-- Windows files to ignore -->
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/System32/LogFiles</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/Debug</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/WindowsUpdate.log</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/iis6.log</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/wbem/Logs</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/wbem/Repository</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/Prefetch</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/PCHEALTH/HELPCTR/DataColl</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/SoftwareDistribution</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/Temp</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/config</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/spool</ignore>
>>     <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/CatRoot</ignore>
>>   </syscheck>
>>
>>   <rootcheck>
>>     <rootkit_files>/var/ossec/etc/shared/rootkit_files.txt</rootkit_file
>>     s>
>>     <rootkit_trojans>/var/ossec/etc/shared/rootkit_trojans.txt</rootkit_
>>     trojans> </rootcheck>
>>
>>   <global>
>>     <white_list>127.0.0.1</white_list>
>>     <white_list>^localhost.localdomain$</white_list>
>>     <white_list>X.X.X.X</white_list>
>>     <white_list>X.X.X.X</white_list>
>>   </global>
>>
>>   <remote>
>>     <connection>secure</connection>
>>   </remote>
>>
>>   <alerts>
>>     <log_alert_level>1</log_alert_level>
>>     <email_alert_level>7</email_alert_level>
>>   </alerts>
>>
>>   <command>
>>     <name>host-deny</name>
>>     <executable>host-deny.sh</executable>
>>     <expect>srcip</expect>
>>     <timeout_allowed>yes</timeout_allowed>
>>   </command>
>>
>>   <command>
>>     <name>firewall-drop</name>
>>     <executable>firewall-drop.sh</executable>
>>     <expect>srcip</expect>
>>     <timeout_allowed>yes</timeout_allowed>
>>   </command>
>>
>>   <command>
>>     <name>disable-account</name>
>>     <executable>disable-account.sh</executable>
>>     <expect>user</expect>
>>     <timeout_allowed>yes</timeout_allowed>
>>   </command>
>>
>>   <command>
>>     <name>route-null</name>
>>     <executable>route-null.sh</executable>
>>     <expect>srcip</expect>
>>     <timeout_allowed>yes</timeout_allowed>
>>   </command>
>>
>>
>>   <!-- Active Response Config -->
>>   <active-response>
>>     <!-- This response is going to execute the host-deny
>>        - command for every event that fires a rule with
>>        - level (severity) >= 6.
>>        - The IP is going to be blocked for  600 seconds.
>>       -->
>>     <command>host-deny</command>
>>     <location>local</location>
>>     <level>6</level>
>>     <timeout>600</timeout>
>>   </active-response>
>>
>>   <active-response>
>>     <!-- Firewall Drop response. Block the IP for
>>        - 600 seconds on the firewall (iptables,
>>        - ipfilter, etc).
>>       -->
>>     <command>firewall-drop</command>
>>     <location>local</location>
>>     <level>6</level>
>>     <timeout>600</timeout>
>>   </active-response>
>>
>>   <remote>
>>     <connection>syslog</connection>
>>     <port>514</port>
>>     <allowed-ips>X.X.X.X</allowed-ips>
>>     <allowed-ips>X.X.X.X</allowed-ips>
>>    </remote>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Daniel Cid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 9:05:51 PM
>> Subject: [ossec-list] Re: maild always stop running
>>
>>
>> Hi Pierre (and Aaron),
>>
>> Thanks for the report. I never saw similar behavior on ossec-maild, so
>> I would need a bit more information
>> to understand what is going on. Can you show us your config? Are you
>> using the granular e-mail alerts?
>>
>> If possible, can you stop ossec-maild and start it manually using:
>>
>>
>> # strace -f /var/ossec/bin/ossec-maild -d -d
>>
>>
>> -Or (gdb is preferred)
>>
>> # gdb /var/ossec/bin/ossec-maild
>> (gdb) set follow-fork-mode child
>> (gdb) run -d -d  --> (after it crashes, run bt)
>> (gdb) bt
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Daniel B. Cid
>> dcid ( at ) ossec.net
>>
>>
>> On Nov 26, 2007 10:40 AM, Aaron Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm actually seeing the same issue.  Server is running on RedHat ES 5
>> > box.  No errors in the logs, the mailer daemon simply stops running
>> > after 4 or 5 days....
>> >
>> > Aaron
>> >
>> >
>> > Pierre Boisvert wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > I would to have some help to be able to find out why the maild
>>  process on my Ossec server is always stopping.
>> > >
>> > > I'm running ossec on fedora 7, with Ossec-WUI.  Everything else is
>>  working fine.  I don't see any message in the ossec.log file regarding
>>  this issue.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance
>> > >
>> > > Timononk
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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>> >
>> > --
>> > Aaron Bliss
>> > Systems Administrator
>> > SUNY Brockport
>> > (585) 395-2417
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Richard Hopkins
Information Services
University of Bristol

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