Under some cases (below), the depth and offset values are used
twice. This commit disregards the distance variable (if any), when
computing the final depth.
These rules are logically equivalent::
1. alert tcp any any -> any 8080 (msg:"distance name"; flow:to_server; content:"Authorization:"; content:"5f71ycy"; distance:0; byte_extract:1,0,option_len,string,relative; content:!"|38|"; distance:option_len; within:1; content:"|37|"; distance:-1; within:1; content:"|49|"; distance:option_len; within:1; sid:1;)
2. alert tcp any any -> any 8080 (msg:"distance number"; flow:to_server; content:"Authorization:"; content:"5f71ycy"; distance:0; byte_extract:1,0,option_len,string,relative; content:!"|38|"; distance:7; within:1; content:"|37|"; distance:-1; within:1; content:"|49|"; distance:option_len; within:1; sid:2;)
The differences:
Rule 1: content:!"|38|"; distance:option_len; within:1; //option_len == 7
Rule 2: content:!"|38|"; distance:7; within:1;
Without this commit, rule 2 triggers an alert but rule 1 doesn't.