Zeek 3.0.13

[dougburks]

Zeek 3.0.13

[dougburks]

List of packages to be tested:

• securityonion-bro - 3.0.13-1ubuntu1securityonion1 (Zeek 3.0.13)
• securityonion-bro-afpacket - 1.3.0-1ubuntu1securityonion33
• securityonion-bro-scripts - 20121004-0ubuntu0securityonion112

An overview of the testing process can be found in the comments below.

Please record all testing results via comments on this issue.

Thanks in advance for your time and effort!

[dougburks]

How To Start Testing

• install the current 16.04 ISO image

• snapshot the VM if possible

• add the test PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:securityonion/test

• update:

sudo soup

[dougburks]

How To Verify Proper Zeek Operation

• first, please note that Bro has been renamed to Zeek but the packages still adhere to the traditional bro naming convention

• as the Zeek packages install, verify that the package installation scripts display a message about checking configuration and adding back any local customizations

• verify that Bro packages were upgraded:

dpkg -l |grep securityonion-bro

• verify that the new Zeek packages create symlinks as necessary so that the new zeek paths resolve to the traditional bro locations (for example: /opt/zeek is a symlink to /opt/bro, /nsm/zeek is a symlink to /nsm/bro, etc.)

• verify that the new Zeek packages create symlinks as necessary so that well known bro files resolve to the new zeek locations (for example: /opt/bro/etc/broctl.cfg is a symlink to zeekctl.cfg, so it can be accessed via /opt/bro/etc/broctl.cfg or /opt/zeek/etc/zeekctl.cfg)

• if new installation, run through Setup

• verify that the package installation scripts backed up /opt/bro/etc/ with a _pre-3.0.13 extension

• verify that StatusCmdShowAll has been set to 0 in /opt/zeek/etc/zeekctl.cfg:

grep StatusCmdShowAll /opt/zeek/etc/zeekctl.cfg

• verify that lb_custom.InterfacePrefix=af_packet:: has been added to /opt/zeek/etc/zeekctl.cfg:

grep af_packet /opt/zeek/etc/zeekctl.cfg

• Restart Zeek:

sudo so-zeek-restart

• check status:

sudo so-status

• check Zeek startup logs for any warnings/errors out of the ordinary:

cat /nsm/zeek/logs/current/reporter.log
cat /nsm/zeek/logs/current/stdout.log
cat /nsm/zeek/logs/current/stderr.log

• replay LOTS of traffic:

sudo so-test

• verify that files are extracted to /nsm/zeek/extracted:

ls -alh /nsm/zeek/extracted

• verify that /nsm/zeek/logs/current/conn.log contains the proper sensorname at the end of each log entry:

cat /nsm/zeek/logs/current/conn.log

• verify that Zeek logs are in the same format as they were pre-upgrade (should be JSON by default).

• verify that the Elastic Stack is parsing and displaying Zeek logs properly (whether JSON or TSV format)

• verify that you can pivot to CapMe for both TCP and UDP traffic

• check sostat output for anything out of the ordinary (specifically, check the pf_ring and Zeek sections for packet loss)

• verify that Zeek ja3 script is loaded and logging:

grep ja3 /nsm/zeek/logs/current/*

• verify that Zeek hassh script is loaded and logging:

grep hassh /nsm/zeek/logs/current/*

• verify that /etc/cron.d/bro has been moved to /etc/cron.d/zeek and that it works properly

• verify that /opt/samples/zeek is a symlink to /opt/samples/bro

• verify that everything else works properly with no regressions

• reboot and make sure everything still works properly

Please test in as many different combinations as possible:

• Evaluation Mode (Zeek Standalone mode) vs Production Mode (Zeek cluster mode)

• single sniffing interface vs multiple sniffing interfaces

• file extraction enabled or disabled

• json-logs enabled or disabled

• traffic without vlan tags vs traffic with vlan tags

• new installation vs upgrade

• Zeek cluster mode - PF_RING (lb_method=pf_ring) vs AF_PACKET (lb_method=custom)

[cm-ops]

Testing guidelines were verified and all symlinks, settings, files, and logs were validated on all tests.

Evaluation Mode: no Issues
Production Mode: (Standalone and Distributed) no issues

Single sniffing interface: no issues
Multiple sniffing interfaces: no issues

File extraction enabled or disabled: no issues
json-logs enabled or disabled: no issues

New installation: no issues
Upgrade: no issues

Zeek cluster mode - PF_RING (lb_method=pf_ring) vs AF_PACKET (lb_method=custom): no issues

[dougburks]

Thanks @cm-ops !

[dougburks]

Published:
https://blog.securityonion.net/2021/02/zeek-3013-now-available-for-security.html