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Getting error messages after Splunk Enterprise Security upgrade from 4.5.2 to 4.7.1.

vin02
Path Finder

Hi,

We have upgraded Enterprise Security from 4.5.2. to 4.7.1. After the upgrade we are getting two types of error message in our environment.
Type 1:

msg="A script exited abnormally" input="/opt/splunk/etc/apps/SA-Utils/bin/configuration_check.py" stanza="configuration_check://confcheck_es_app_version" status="exited with code 3"

Type 2:

A threat intelligence download has failed. stanza="iblocklist_spyware" host="xxxxx" status="threat list download failed after multiple retries"
A threat intelligence download has failed. stanza="iblocklist_proxy" host="xxxxx" status="threat list download failed after multiple retries"
A threat intelligence download has failed. stanza="iblocklist_tor" host="xxxxx" status="threat list download failed after multiple retries"
A threat intelligence download has failed. stanza="iblocklist_piratebay" host="xxxxx" status="threat list download failed after multiple retries"
A threat intelligence download has failed. stanza="iblocklist_web_attacker" host="xxxxx" status="threat list download failed after multiple retries"
A threat intelligence download has failed. stanza="iblocklist_rapidshare" host="xxxxx" status="threat list download failed after multiple retries"
A threat intelligence download has failed. stanza="iblocklist_logmein" host="xxxxx" status="threat list download failed after multiple retries"

Could you please suggest on this?

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hcannon
Path Finder

We had this same issue after upgrade to 4.7.0 - Splunk Support advised it was a bug in this version and provided the following fix, which worked for us -

Edit splunk/etc/apps/DA-ESS-ThreatIntelligence/bin/configuration_checks/confcheck_failed_threat_download.py as below:

--- confcheck_failed_threat_download.old.py 
+++ confcheck_failed_threat_download.py 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ 

messages = [] 

- job = splunk.search.dispatch(search_string, sessionKey=session_key, earliest=earliest) 
+ job = splunk.search.dispatch(search_string, sessionKey=session_key, earliest_time=earliest) 
while elapsed < srch_timeout: 
if job.isDone: 
if job.resultCount > 0 or job.eventCount > 0:
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mosman_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

make sure that the directory still owned by the correct user

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vin02
Path Finder

yes directory owned by correct user.

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gf13579
Communicator

I'm seeing 3 of the iblocklist* ones too, along with malware_domains. Our ES is running on Splunk Cloud

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