[Mimedefang] Issues w/ GeoIP2

[giovanni at paclan.it]

On 3/10/25 9:01 AM, giovanni--- via MIMEDefang wrote:
> On 3/10/25 7:05 AM, Philip Prindeville via MIMEDefang wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I’ve started seeing the following recently:
>>
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: No record found for IP address 167.94.138.174
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: Trace begun at /
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/GeoIP2/Database/Reader.pm line 88
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: G
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: eoIP2::Database::Reader::_model_for_address('GeoIP2::Database::
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: Reader=HASH(0x557f24549ab8)', 'ASN', 'type_check', 'Regexp=REGE
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: XP(0x557f2b13eba8)', 'is_flat', 1, 'ip', 167.94.138.174) called
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr:  at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/GeoIP2/Database/Reader.pm line
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr:  113
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: GeoIP2::Database::Reader::asn('GeoIP2::Database::Reader=HA
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: SH(0x557f24549ab8)', 'ip', 167.94.138.174) called at /etc/mail/
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: mimedefang-filter line 3068
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: main::filter_helo(167.94.138.174, '
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: [167.94.138.174]', 'www.censys.io', 46632, 192.168.8.3, 25, '52
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: A5RhOI1495862') called at /usr/bin/mimedefang.pl line 686
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: main:
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: :handle_helook(167.94.138.174, '[167.94.138.174]', 'www.censys.
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: io', 46632, 192.168.8.3, 25, '52A5RhOI1495862') called at /usr/
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: bin/mimedefang.pl line 505
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: main::do_main_loop at /usr/bin/mimed
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: efang.pl line 474
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: main::main at /usr/bin/mimedefang.pl line 152
>> Mar  9 23:27:53 mail mimedefang-multiplexor[1495492]: Worker 0 stderr: 1
>>
>> apologies for the crappy line-wrapping.
>>
>> I’m not sure why it’s not able to find a record for that.  The CIDR 167.94.138.174/24 is known to be ASN 398324.
>>
> could you post an extract of /etc/mail/mimedefang-filter around line 3068 ?
> GeoIP2 code is part of your mimedefang-filter code.
you should also consider that Perl GeoIP2 module is deprecated and no more actively maintained (https://metacpan.org/pod/GeoIP2).
  Giovanni

> Which MIMEDefang version are you running ?
>   Thanks
>    Giovanni
> 
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