our $storederrorfile = "/tmp/ids_storederror";
# Location where the rulefiles are stored.
-our $rulespath = "/etc/suricata/rules";
+our $rulespath = "/var/lib/suricata";
# File which contains a list of all supported ruleset sources.
# (Sourcefire, Emergingthreads, etc..)
# The pidfile of the IDS.
our $idspidfile = "/var/run/suricata.pid";
+# Location of suricatactrl.
+my $suricatactrl = "/usr/local/bin/suricatactrl";
+
+# Array with allowed commands of suricatactrl.
+my @suricatactrl_cmds = ( 'start', 'stop', 'restart', 'reload', 'fix-rules-dir' );
+
#
## Function for checking if at least 300MB of free disk space are available
## on the "/var" partition.
my %snortsettings=();
&General::readhash("$settingsdir/settings", \%snortsettings);
+ # Check if a ruleset has been configured.
+ unless($snortsettings{'RULES'}) {
+ # Log that no ruleset has been configured and abort.
+ &_log_to_syslog("No ruleset source has been configured.");
+
+ # Return "1".
+ return 1;
+ }
+
# Get all available ruleset locations.
my %rulesetsources=();
&General::readhash($rulesetsourcesfile, \%rulesetsources);
# Check if there was any error.
unless ($response->is_success) {
+ # Obtain error.
+ my $error = $response->content;
+
# Log error message.
- &_log_to_syslog("Unable to download the ruleset. $response->status_line");
+ &_log_to_syslog("Unable to download the ruleset. \($error\)");
# Return "1" - false.
return 1;
## A tiny wrapper function to call the oinkmaster script.
#
sub oinkmaster () {
+ # Check if the files in rulesdir have the correct permissions.
+ &_check_rulesdir_permissions();
+
# Load perl module to talk to the kernel syslog.
use Sys::Syslog qw(:DEFAULT setlogsock);
openlog('oinkmaster', 'cons,pid', 'user');
# Call oinkmaster to generate ruleset.
- open(OINKMASTER, "/usr/local/bin/oinkmaster.pl -v -s -u file://$rulestarball -C $settingsdir/oinkmaster.conf -o $rulespath|");
+ open(OINKMASTER, "/usr/local/bin/oinkmaster.pl -v -s -u file://$rulestarball -C $settingsdir/oinkmaster.conf -o $rulespath|") or die "Could not execute oinkmaster $!\n";
# Log output of oinkmaster to syslog.
while(<OINKMASTER>) {
return;
}
+#
+## Function to call suricatactrl binary with a given command.
+#
+sub call_suricatactrl ($) {
+ # Get called option.
+ my ($option) = @_;
+
+ # Loop through the array of supported commands and check if
+ # the given one is part of it.
+ foreach my $cmd (@suricatactrl_cmds) {
+ # Skip current command unless the given one has been found.
+ next unless($cmd eq $option);
+
+ # Call the suricatactrl binary and pass the requrested
+ # option to it.
+ system("$suricatactrl $option &>/dev/null");
+
+ # Return "1" - True.
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ # Command not found - return nothing.
+ return;
+}
+
+#
+## Function to create a new empty file.
+#
+sub create_empty_file($) {
+ my ($file) = @_;
+
+ # Check if the given file exists.
+ if(-e $file) {
+ # Do nothing to prevent from overwriting existing files.
+ return;
+ }
+
+ # Open the file for writing.
+ open(FILE, ">$file") or die "Could not write to $file. $!\n";
+
+ # Close file handle.
+ close(FILE);
+
+ # Return true.
+ return 1;
+}
+
+#
+## Private function to check if the file permission of the rulespath are correct.
+## If not, call suricatactrl to fix them.
+#
+sub _check_rulesdir_permissions() {
+ # Check if the rulepath main directory is writable.
+ unless (-W $rulespath) {
+ # If not call suricatctrl to fix it.
+ &call_suricatactrl("fix-rules-dir");
+ }
+
+ # Open snort rules directory and do a directory listing.
+ opendir(DIR, $rulespath) or die $!;
+ # Loop through the direcory.
+ while (my $file = readdir(DIR)) {
+ # We only want files.
+ next unless (-f "$rulespath/$file");
+
+ # Check if the file is writable by the user.
+ if (-W "$rulespath/$file") {
+ # Everything is okay - go on to the next file.
+ next;
+ } else {
+ # There are wrong permissions, call suricatactrl to fix it.
+ &call_suricatactrl("fix-rules-dir");
+ }
+ }
+}
+
1;