Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Thus is a bug and maintenance release of snort that fixes numerous of issues such as:
* Fix installer packages to include correct version of sensitive data preprocessor for linux and Windows
* Eliminate false positives when using fast_pattern:only and having only one http content in the pattern matcher.
* Address false positives in FTP preprocessor with string format verification.
This advisory provides snort v2.8.6.1 where these problems has been resolved.
Affected
snort on Mandriva Linux 2010.1,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64