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no error on missing closing parentheses in a rule

Bug #8579: no error on missing closing parentheses in a rule

Added by Peter Manev 2 days ago. Updated 1 day ago.

Status:
Feedback
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
OISF Dev
Target version:
9.0.0-beta1
Affected Versions:
8.0.4, git main
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Difficulty:
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Description

Notice the missing parentheses at the end of the rule - no error/complain in testing mode on main and 8.0.4

$ cat parentheses.rules 
alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"testing parentheses"; flow:to_server, established; content:"tralala"; sid:123; rev:1;

$ /opt/suritest-main/bin/suricata  -S parentheses.rules -l logs -T
Notice: suricata: This is Suricata version 9.0.0-dev (367ca7f43 2026-05-16) running in SYSTEM mode [LogVersion:suricata.c:1241]
Notice: suricata: Configuration provided was successfully loaded. Exiting. [SuricataInit:suricata.c:3163]
$

Subtasks 1 (1 open — 0 closed)

Bug #8589: no error on missing closing parentheses in a rule (8.0.x backport)AssignedOISF DevActions

JF Updated by Juliana Fajardini Reichow 1 day ago Actions
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 #1

  • Status changed from New to Feedback
  • Target version changed from TBD to 9.0.0-beta1

Could you create an SV test for this, please? :)

JF Updated by Juliana Fajardini Reichow 1 day ago Actions
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  • Assignee set to OISF Dev

JF Updated by Juliana Fajardini Reichow 1 day ago Actions
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 #3

  • Label Needs backport to 8.0 added

OT Updated by OISF Ticketbot 1 day ago Actions
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  • Subtask #8589 added

OT Updated by OISF Ticketbot 1 day ago Actions
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 #5

  • Label deleted (Needs backport to 8.0)
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