Snort 2.9.17.0 now available for Security Onion 16.04!

First, please note that Security Onion 16.04 reaches EOL in less than 5 months. Instead of applying this update, most Security Onion 16.04 users should upgrade directly to Security Onion 2:
https://blog.securityonion.net/2020/11/5-month-eol-notice-for-security-onion.html

If you do decide to proceed with this update for Security Onion 16.04, please be reminded of the recent Docker Hub rate limit changes:
https://blog.securityonion.net/2020/10/docker-hub-rate-limits-effective.html

The following update is now available for Security Onion 16.04!

securityonion-snort - 2.9.17.0-1ubuntu1securityonion1

This update resolves the following issues:

Snort 2.9.17.0 #1802
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1802

Thanks

Thanks to the Snort team for Snort 2.9.17.0!

Thanks to Chris Morgret for testing and QA!

Updating

Please see the following page for full update instructions:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/16.04/upgrade.html

Support

Need support?  Please see:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/16.04/support.html

Thanks!