Snort 2.9.13.0 has been released

Please join us as we welcome SNORTⓇ 2.9.13.0 to the family.

The release notes for the newest version are below:

New Additions

• Snort now supports reload on snort rules update.
• Addition of a scenario to add a packet to blacklist verdict to ensure the new session will be allowed.
• Handled a new pre-processor alert in case of the improper end of t HTTP header.

Improvements

• Modified the calculation of file hash for FTP/HTTP with offset values.
• Fixed portal authentication connection stuck in half closed state.
• Updated UDP global timeout for a non-standard port.

This release also patched the following two vulnerabilities:

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-frpwr-smb-snort

As always, we welcome feedback and community participation in Snort on the snort-users mailing list.