GPL IMAP auth overflow attempt

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
content:"AUTH"; nocase;
isdataat:100,relative;
pcre:"/AUTH\s[^\n]{100}/smi";
Raw source GPL IMAP auth overflow attempt · Suricata
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alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET 143 (
    msg:"GPL IMAP auth overflow attempt";
    flow:established,to_server;
    content:"AUTH"; nocase;
    isdataat:100,relative;
    pcre:"/AUTH\s[^\n]{100}/smi";
    reference:bugtraq,8861;
    classtype:misc-attack;
    sid:2102330; rev:3;
    metadata:created_at 2010_09_23, confidence Medium, signature_severity Minor, updated_at 2019_07_26;
)

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