Esempio n. 1
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 def __init__(self):
     super(VideoHandler, self).__init__()
     self.last_sent_time = 0
     self.decoder = H264Decoder()
     self.header = construct.BitStruct(
         'VSTRMHeader', construct.Nibble('magic'),
         construct.BitField('packet_type', 2),
         construct.BitField('seq_id', 10), construct.Flag('init'),
         construct.Flag('frame_begin'), construct.Flag('chunk_end'),
         construct.Flag('frame_end'), construct.Flag('has_timestamp'),
         construct.BitField('payload_size', 11),
         construct.BitField('timestamp', 32))
     self.frame = array.array('B')
     self.is_streaming = False
     self.frame_decode_num = 0
Esempio n. 2
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 def __init__(s):
     super(ServiceVSTRM, s).__init__()
     s.decoder = H264Decoder(s.dimensions['gamepad'],
                             pygame.display.get_surface().get_size())
     s.header = construct.BitStruct('VSTRMHeader',
                                    construct.Nibble('magic'),
                                    construct.BitField('packet_type', 2),
                                    construct.BitField('seq_id', 10),
                                    construct.Flag('init'),
                                    construct.Flag('frame_begin'),
                                    construct.Flag('chunk_end'),
                                    construct.Flag('frame_end'),
                                    construct.Flag('has_timestamp'),
                                    construct.BitField('payload_size', 11),
                                    construct.BitField('timestamp', 32))
     s.frame = array.array('B')
     s.is_streaming = False
     s.frame_decode_num = 0
Esempio n. 3
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 def __init__(s, decoder):
     super(ServiceVSTRM, s).__init__()
     s.decoder = decoder
     s.header = construct.BitStruct('VSTRMHeader',
                                    construct.Nibble('magic'),
                                    construct.BitField('packet_type', 2),
                                    construct.BitField('seq_id', 10),
                                    construct.Flag('init'),
                                    construct.Flag('frame_begin'),
                                    construct.Flag('chunk_end'),
                                    construct.Flag('frame_end'),
                                    construct.Flag('has_timestamp'),
                                    construct.BitField('payload_size', 11),
                                    construct.BitField('timestamp', 32))
     s.frame = array.array('B')
     s._is_streaming = False
     s.is_streaming = False
     s.frame_decode_num = 0
Esempio n. 4
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class AslParser(interface.BaseParser):
    """Parser for ASL log files."""

    NAME = 'asl_log'
    DESCRIPTION = u'Parser for ASL log files.'

    ASL_MAGIC = 'ASL DB\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'

    # If not right assigned, the value is "-1".
    ASL_NO_RIGHTS = 'ffffffff'

    # Priority level (criticity)
    ASL_MESSAGE_PRIORITY = {
        0: 'EMERGENCY',
        1: 'ALERT',
        2: 'CRITICAL',
        3: 'ERROR',
        4: 'WARNING',
        5: 'NOTICE',
        6: 'INFO',
        7: 'DEBUG'
    }

    # ASL File header.
    # magic: magic number that identify ASL files.
    # version: version of the file.
    # offset: first record in the file.
    # timestamp: epoch time when the first entry was written.
    # last_offset: last record in the file.
    ASL_HEADER_STRUCT = construct.Struct('asl_header_struct',
                                         construct.String('magic', 12),
                                         construct.UBInt32('version'),
                                         construct.UBInt64('offset'),
                                         construct.UBInt64('timestamp'),
                                         construct.UBInt32('cache_size'),
                                         construct.UBInt64('last_offset'),
                                         construct.Padding(36))

    # The record structure is:
    # [HEAP][STRUCTURE][4xExtraField][2xExtraField]*[PreviousEntry]
    # Record static structure.
    # tam_entry: it contains the number of bytes from this file position
    #            until the end of the record, without counts itself.
    # next_offset: next record. If is equal to 0x00, it is the last record.
    # asl_message_id: integer that has the numeric identification of the event.
    # timestamp: Epoch integer that has the time when the entry was created.
    # nanosecond: nanosecond to add to the timestamp.
    # level: level of priority.
    # pid: process identification that ask to save the record.
    # uid: user identification that has lunched the process.
    # gid: group identification that has lunched the process.
    # read_uid: identification id of a user. Only applied if is not -1 (all FF).
    #           Only root and this user can read the entry.
    # read_gid: the same than read_uid, but for the group.
    ASL_RECORD_STRUCT = construct.Struct('asl_record_struct',
                                         construct.Padding(2),
                                         construct.UBInt32('tam_entry'),
                                         construct.UBInt64('next_offset'),
                                         construct.UBInt64('asl_message_id'),
                                         construct.UBInt64('timestamp'),
                                         construct.UBInt32('nanosec'),
                                         construct.UBInt16('level'),
                                         construct.UBInt16('flags'),
                                         construct.UBInt32('pid'),
                                         construct.UBInt32('uid'),
                                         construct.UBInt32('gid'),
                                         construct.UBInt32('read_uid'),
                                         construct.UBInt32('read_gid'),
                                         construct.UBInt64('ref_pid'))

    ASL_RECORD_STRUCT_SIZE = ASL_RECORD_STRUCT.sizeof()

    # 8-byte fields, they can be:
    # - String: [Nibble = 1000 (8)][Nibble = Length][7 Bytes = String].
    # - Integer: integer that has the byte position in the file that points
    #            to an ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE struct. If the value of the integer
    #            is equal to 0, it means that it has not data (skip).

    # If the field is a String, we use this structure to decode each
    # integer byte in the corresponding character (ASCII Char).
    ASL_OCTET_STRING = construct.ExprAdapter(construct.Octet('string'),
                                             encoder=lambda obj, ctx: ord(obj),
                                             decoder=lambda obj, ctx: chr(obj))

    # Field string structure. If the first bit is 1, it means that it
    # is a String (1000) = 8, then the next nibble has the number of
    # characters. The last 7 bytes are the number of bytes.
    ASL_STRING = construct.BitStruct(
        'string', construct.Flag('type'), construct.Bits('filler', 3),
        construct.If(lambda ctx: ctx.type, construct.Nibble('string_length')),
        construct.If(lambda ctx: ctx.type,
                     construct.Array(7, ASL_OCTET_STRING)))

    # 8-byte pointer to a byte position in the file.
    ASL_POINTER = construct.UBInt64('pointer')

    # Dynamic data structure pointed by a pointer that contains a String:
    # [2 bytes padding][4 bytes lenght of String][String].
    ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE = construct.Struct(
        'asl_record_dyn_value', construct.Padding(2),
        construct.PascalString('value',
                               length_field=construct.UBInt32('length')))

    def Parse(self, parser_context, file_entry):
        """Extract entries from an ASL file.

    Args:
      parser_context: A parser context object (instance of ParserContext).
      file_entry: A file entry object (instance of dfvfs.FileEntry).
    """
        file_object = file_entry.GetFileObject()
        file_object.seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)

        try:
            header = self.ASL_HEADER_STRUCT.parse_stream(file_object)
        except (IOError, construct.FieldError) as exception:
            file_object.close()
            raise errors.UnableToParseFile(
                u'Unable to parse ASL Header with error: {0:s}.'.format(
                    exception))

        if header.magic != self.ASL_MAGIC:
            file_object.close()
            raise errors.UnableToParseFile(
                u'Not an ASL Header, unable to parse.')

        # Get the first and the last entry.
        offset = header.offset
        old_offset = header.offset
        last_offset_header = header.last_offset

        # If the ASL file has entries.
        if offset:
            event_object, offset = self.ReadAslEvent(file_object, offset)
            while event_object:
                parser_context.ProduceEvent(event_object,
                                            parser_name=self.NAME,
                                            file_entry=file_entry)

                # TODO: an anomaly object must be emitted once that is implemented.
                # Sanity check, the last read element must be the same as
                # indicated by the header.
                if offset == 0 and old_offset != last_offset_header:
                    logging.warning(u'Parsing ended before the header ends.')
                old_offset = offset
                event_object, offset = self.ReadAslEvent(file_object, offset)

        file_object.close()

    def ReadAslEvent(self, file_object, offset):
        """Returns an AslEvent from a single ASL entry.

    Args:
      file_object: a file-like object that points to an ASL file.
      offset: offset where the static part of the entry starts.

    Returns:
      An event object constructed from a single ASL record.
    """
        # The heap of the entry is saved to try to avoid seek (performance issue).
        # It has the real start position of the entry.
        dynamic_start = file_object.tell()
        dynamic_part = file_object.read(offset - file_object.tell())

        if not offset:
            return None, None

        try:
            record_header = self.ASL_RECORD_STRUCT.parse_stream(file_object)
        except (IOError, construct.FieldError) as exception:
            logging.warning(
                u'Unable to parse ASL event with error: {0:s}'.format(
                    exception))
            return None, None

        # Variable tam_fields = is the real length of the dynamic fields.
        # We have this: [Record_Struct] + [Dynamic_Fields] + [Pointer_Entry_Before]
        # In Record_Struct we have a field called tam_entry, where it has the number
        # of bytes until the end of the entry from the position that the field is.
        # The tam_entry is between the 2th and the 6th byte in the [Record_Struct].
        # tam_entry = ([Record_Struct]-6)+[Dynamic_Fields]+[Pointer_Entry_Before]
        # Also, we do not need [Point_Entry_Before] and then we delete the size of
        # [Point_Entry_Before] that it is 8 bytes (8):
        # tam_entry = ([Record_Struct]-6)+[Dynamic_Fields]+[Pointer_Entry_Before]
        # [Dynamic_Fields] = tam_entry - [Record_Struct] + 6 - 8
        # [Dynamic_Fields] = tam_entry - [Record_Struct] - 2
        tam_fields = record_header.tam_entry - self.ASL_RECORD_STRUCT_SIZE - 2

        # Dynamic part of the entry that contains minimal four fields of 8 bytes
        # plus 2x[8bytes] fields for each extra ASL_Field.
        # The four first fields are always the Host, Sender, Facility and Message.
        # After the four first fields, the entry might have extra ASL_Fields.
        # For each extra ASL_field, it has a pair of 8-byte fields where the first
        # 8 bytes contains the name of the extra ASL_field and the second 8 bytes
        # contains the text of the exta field.
        # All of this 8-byte field can be saved using one of these three differents
        # types:
        # - Null value ('0000000000000000'): nothing to do.
        # - String: It is string if first bit = 1 or first nibble = 8 (1000).
        #           Second nibble has the length of string.
        #           The next 7 bytes have the text characters of the string
        #           padding the end with null characters: '0x00'.
        #           Example: [8468 6964 6400 0000]
        #                    [8] String, [4] length, value: [68 69 64 64] = hidd.
        # - Pointer: static position in the file to a special struct
        #            implemented as an ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE.
        #            Example: [0000 0000 0000 0077]
        #            It points to the file position 0x077 that has a
        #            ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE structure.
        values = []
        while tam_fields > 0:
            try:
                raw_field = file_object.read(8)
            except (IOError, construct.FieldError) as exception:
                logging.warning(
                    u'Unable to parse ASL event with error: {0:d}'.format(
                        exception))
                return None, None
            try:
                # Try to read as a String.
                field = self.ASL_STRING.parse(raw_field)
                values.append(''.join(field.string[0:field.string_length]))
                # Go to parse the next extra field.
                tam_fields -= 8
                continue
            except ValueError:
                pass
            # If it is not a string, it must be a pointer.
            try:
                field = self.ASL_POINTER.parse(raw_field)
            except ValueError as exception:
                logging.warning(
                    u'Unable to parse ASL event with error: {0:s}'.format(
                        exception))
                return None, None
            if field != 0:
                # The next IF ELSE is only for performance issues, avoiding seek.
                # If the pointer points a lower position than where the actual entry
                # starts, it means that it points to a previuos entry.
                pos = field - dynamic_start
                # Bigger or equal 0 means that the data is in the actual entry.
                if pos >= 0:
                    try:
                        values.append((self.ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE.parse(
                            dynamic_part[pos:])).value.partition('\x00')[0])
                    except (IOError, construct.FieldError) as exception:
                        logging.warning(
                            u'Unable to parse ASL event with error: {0:s}'.
                            format(exception))
                        return None, None
                else:
                    # Only if it is a pointer that points to the
                    # heap from another entry we use the seek method.
                    main_position = file_object.tell()
                    # If the pointer is in a previous entry.
                    if main_position > field:
                        file_object.seek(field - main_position, os.SEEK_CUR)
                        try:
                            values.append(
                                (self.ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE.parse_stream(
                                    file_object)).value.partition('\x00')[0])
                        except (IOError, construct.FieldError):
                            logging.warning((
                                u'The pointer at {0:d} (0x{0:x}) points to invalid '
                                u'information.'
                            ).format(main_position -
                                     self.ASL_POINTER.sizeof()))
                        # Come back to the position in the entry.
                        _ = file_object.read(main_position -
                                             file_object.tell())
                    else:
                        _ = file_object.read(field - main_position)
                        values.append((self.ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE.parse_stream(
                            file_object)).value.partition('\x00')[0])
                        # Come back to the position in the entry.
                        file_object.seek(main_position - file_object.tell(),
                                         os.SEEK_CUR)
            # Next extra field: 8 bytes more.
            tam_fields -= 8

        # Read the last 8 bytes of the record that points to the previous entry.
        _ = file_object.read(8)

        # Parsed section, we translate the read data to an appropriate format.
        microsecond = record_header.nanosec // 1000
        timestamp = timelib.Timestamp.FromPosixTimeWithMicrosecond(
            record_header.timestamp, microsecond)
        record_position = offset
        message_id = record_header.asl_message_id
        level = u'{0} ({1})'.format(
            self.ASL_MESSAGE_PRIORITY[record_header.level],
            record_header.level)
        # If the value is -1 (FFFFFFFF), it can be read by everyone.
        if record_header.read_uid != int(self.ASL_NO_RIGHTS, 16):
            read_uid = record_header.read_uid
        else:
            read_uid = 'ALL'
        if record_header.read_gid != int(self.ASL_NO_RIGHTS, 16):
            read_gid = record_header.read_gid
        else:
            read_gid = 'ALL'

        # Parsing the dynamic values (text or pointers to position with text).
        # The first four are always the host, sender, facility, and message.
        computer_name = values[0]
        sender = values[1]
        facility = values[2]
        message = values[3]

        # If the entry has an extra fields, they works as a pairs:
        # The first is the name of the field and the second the value.
        extra_information = ''
        if len(values) > 4:
            values = values[4:]
            for index in xrange(0, len(values) // 2):
                extra_information += (u'[{0}: {1}]'.format(
                    values[index * 2], values[(index * 2) + 1]))

        # Return the event and the offset for the next entry.
        return AslEvent(timestamp, record_position, message_id, level,
                        record_header, read_uid, read_gid, computer_name,
                        sender, facility, message,
                        extra_information), record_header.next_offset
Esempio n. 5
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class ASLParser(interface.FileObjectParser):
    """Parser for ASL log files."""

    _INITIAL_FILE_OFFSET = None

    NAME = u'asl_log'
    DESCRIPTION = u'Parser for ASL log files.'

    _ASL_MAGIC = b'ASL DB\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'

    # ASL File header.
    # magic: magic number that identify ASL files.
    # version: version of the file.
    # offset: first record in the file.
    # timestamp: time when the first entry was written.
    #     Contains the number of seconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC.
    # last_offset: last record in the file.
    _ASL_HEADER_STRUCT = construct.Struct(u'asl_header_struct',
                                          construct.String(u'magic', 12),
                                          construct.UBInt32(u'version'),
                                          construct.UBInt64(u'offset'),
                                          construct.UBInt64(u'timestamp'),
                                          construct.UBInt32(u'cache_size'),
                                          construct.UBInt64(u'last_offset'),
                                          construct.Padding(36))

    # The record structure is:
    # [HEAP][STRUCTURE][4xExtraField][2xExtraField]*[PreviousEntry]
    # Record static structure.
    # tam_entry: it contains the number of bytes from this file position
    #            until the end of the record, without counts itself.
    # next_offset: next record. If is equal to 0x00, it is the last record.
    # asl_message_id: integer that has the numeric identification of the event.
    # timestamp: the entry creation date and time.
    #     Contains the number of seconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC.
    # nanosecond: nanosecond to add to the timestamp.
    # level: level of priority.
    # pid: process identification that ask to save the record.
    # uid: user identification that has lunched the process.
    # gid: group identification that has lunched the process.
    # read_uid: identification id of a user. Only applied if is not -1 (all FF).
    #           Only root and this user can read the entry.
    # read_gid: the same than read_uid, but for the group.
    _ASL_RECORD_STRUCT = construct.Struct(u'asl_record_struct',
                                          construct.Padding(2),
                                          construct.UBInt32(u'tam_entry'),
                                          construct.UBInt64(u'next_offset'),
                                          construct.UBInt64(u'asl_message_id'),
                                          construct.UBInt64(u'timestamp'),
                                          construct.UBInt32(u'nanosec'),
                                          construct.UBInt16(u'level'),
                                          construct.UBInt16(u'flags'),
                                          construct.UBInt32(u'pid'),
                                          construct.UBInt32(u'uid'),
                                          construct.UBInt32(u'gid'),
                                          construct.UBInt32(u'read_uid'),
                                          construct.UBInt32(u'read_gid'),
                                          construct.UBInt64(u'ref_pid'))

    _ASL_RECORD_STRUCT_SIZE = _ASL_RECORD_STRUCT.sizeof()

    # 8-byte fields, they can be:
    # - String: [Nibble = 1000 (8)][Nibble = Length][7 Bytes = String].
    # - Integer: integer that has the byte position in the file that points
    #            to an ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE struct. If the value of the integer
    #            is equal to 0, it means that it has not data (skip).

    # If the field is a String, we use this structure to decode each
    # integer byte in the corresponding character (ASCII Char).
    _ASL_OCTET_STRING = construct.ExprAdapter(
        construct.Octet(u'string'),
        encoder=lambda obj, ctx: ord(obj),
        decoder=lambda obj, ctx: chr(obj))

    # Field string structure. If the first bit is 1, it means that it
    # is a String (1000) = 8, then the next nibble has the number of
    # characters. The last 7 bytes are the number of bytes.
    _ASL_STRING = construct.BitStruct(
        u'string', construct.Flag(u'type'), construct.Bits(u'filler', 3),
        construct.If(lambda ctx: ctx.type, construct.Nibble(u'string_length')),
        construct.If(lambda ctx: ctx.type,
                     construct.Array(7, _ASL_OCTET_STRING)))

    # 8-byte pointer to a byte position in the file.
    _ASL_POINTER = construct.UBInt64(u'pointer')

    # Dynamic data structure pointed by a pointer that contains a String:
    # [2 bytes padding][4 bytes size of String][String].
    _ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE = construct.Struct(
        u'asl_record_dyn_value', construct.Padding(2),
        construct.UBInt32(u'size'),
        construct.Bytes(u'value', lambda ctx: ctx.size))

    def ParseFileObject(self, parser_mediator, file_object, **kwargs):
        """Parses an ALS file-like object.

    Args:
      parser_mediator: a parser mediator object (instance of ParserMediator).
      file_object: a file-like object.

    Raises:
      UnableToParseFile: when the file cannot be parsed.
    """
        file_object.seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)

        try:
            header = self._ASL_HEADER_STRUCT.parse_stream(file_object)
        except (IOError, construct.FieldError) as exception:
            raise errors.UnableToParseFile(
                u'Unable to parse ASL Header with error: {0:s}.'.format(
                    exception))

        if header.magic != self._ASL_MAGIC:
            raise errors.UnableToParseFile(
                u'Not an ASL Header, unable to parse.')

        offset = header.offset
        if not offset:
            return

        header_last_offset = header.last_offset

        previous_offset = offset
        event_object, offset = self.ReadASLEvent(parser_mediator, file_object,
                                                 offset)
        while event_object:
            # Sanity check, the last read element must be the same as
            # indicated by the header.
            if offset == 0 and previous_offset != header_last_offset:
                parser_mediator.ProduceParseError(
                    u'Unable to parse header. Last element header does not match '
                    u'header offset.')
            previous_offset = offset
            event_object, offset = self.ReadASLEvent(parser_mediator,
                                                     file_object, offset)

    def ReadASLEvent(self, parser_mediator, file_object, offset):
        """Reads an ASL record at a specific offset.

    Args:
      parser_mediator: a parser mediator object (instance of ParserMediator).
      file_object: a file-like object that points to an ASL file.
      offset: an integer containing the offset of the ASL record.

    Returns:
      A tuple of an event object extracted from the ASL record,
      and the offset to the next ASL record in the file.
    """
        # The heap of the entry is saved to try to avoid seek (performance issue).
        # It has the real start position of the entry.
        dynamic_data_offset = file_object.tell()

        try:
            dynamic_data = file_object.read(offset - dynamic_data_offset)
        except IOError as exception:
            parser_mediator.ProduceParseError(
                u'unable to read ASL record dynamic data with error: {0:s}'.
                format(exception))
            return None, None

        if not offset:
            return None, None

        try:
            record_struct = self._ASL_RECORD_STRUCT.parse_stream(file_object)
        except (IOError, construct.FieldError) as exception:
            parser_mediator.ProduceParseError(
                u'unable to parse ASL record with error: {0:s}'.format(
                    exception))
            return None, None

        # Variable tam_fields = is the real length of the dynamic fields.
        # We have this: [Record_Struct] + [Dynamic_Fields] + [Pointer_Entry_Before]
        # In Record_Struct we have a field called tam_entry, where it has the number
        # of bytes until the end of the entry from the position that the field is.
        # The tam_entry is between the 2th and the 6th byte in the [Record_Struct].
        # tam_entry = ([Record_Struct]-6)+[Dynamic_Fields]+[Pointer_Entry_Before]
        # Also, we do not need [Point_Entry_Before] and then we delete the size of
        # [Point_Entry_Before] that it is 8 bytes (8):
        # tam_entry = ([Record_Struct]-6)+[Dynamic_Fields]+[Pointer_Entry_Before]
        # [Dynamic_Fields] = tam_entry - [Record_Struct] + 6 - 8
        # [Dynamic_Fields] = tam_entry - [Record_Struct] - 2
        tam_fields = record_struct.tam_entry - self._ASL_RECORD_STRUCT_SIZE - 2

        # Dynamic part of the entry that contains minimal four fields of 8 bytes
        # plus 2 x [8 bytes] fields for each extra ASL_Field.
        # The four first fields are always the Host, Sender, Facility and Message.
        # After the four first fields, the entry might have extra ASL_Fields.
        # For each extra ASL_field, it has a pair of 8-byte fields where the first
        # 8 bytes contains the name of the extra ASL_field and the second 8 bytes
        # contains the text of the extra field.
        # All of this 8-byte field can be saved using one of these three different
        # types:
        # - Null value ('0000000000000000'): nothing to do.
        # - String: It is string if first bit = 1 or first nibble = 8 (1000).
        #           Second nibble has the length of string.
        #           The next 7 bytes have the text characters of the string
        #           padding the end with null characters: '0x00'.
        #           Example: [8468 6964 6400 0000]
        #                    [8] String, [4] length, value: [68 69 64 64] = hidd.
        # - Pointer: static position in the file to a special struct
        #            implemented as an ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE.
        #            Example: [0000 0000 0000 0077]
        #            It points to the file position 0x077 that has a
        #            ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE structure.
        values = []
        while tam_fields > 0:
            try:
                field_data = file_object.read(8)
            except IOError as exception:
                parser_mediator.ProduceParseError(
                    u'unable to read ASL field with error: {0:s}'.format(
                        exception))
                return None, None

            # Try to read the field data as a string.
            try:
                asl_string_struct = self._ASL_STRING.parse(field_data)
                string_data = b''.join(
                    asl_string_struct.string[0:asl_string_struct.
                                             string_length])
                values.append(string_data)

                # Go to parse the next extra field.
                tam_fields -= 8
                continue

            except ValueError:
                pass

            # If the field is not a string it must be a pointer.
            try:
                pointer_value = self._ASL_POINTER.parse(field_data)
            except ValueError as exception:
                parser_mediator.ProduceParseError(
                    u'unable to parse ASL field with error: {0:s}'.format(
                        exception))
                return None, None

            if not pointer_value:
                # Next extra field: 8 bytes more.
                tam_fields -= 8
                continue

            # The next IF ELSE is only for performance issues, avoiding seek.
            # If the pointer points a lower position than where the actual entry
            # starts, it means that it points to a previous entry.
            pos = pointer_value - dynamic_data_offset

            # Greater or equal 0 means that the data is in the actual entry.
            if pos >= 0:
                try:
                    dyn_value_struct = self._ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE.parse(
                        dynamic_data[pos:])
                    dyn_value = dyn_value_struct.value.partition(b'\x00')[0]
                    values.append(dyn_value)

                except (IOError, construct.FieldError) as exception:
                    parser_mediator.ProduceParseError((
                        u'unable to parse ASL record dynamic value with error: '
                        u'{0:s}').format(exception))
                    return None, None

            else:
                # Only if it is a pointer that points to the
                # heap from another entry we use the seek method.
                main_position = file_object.tell()

                # If the pointer is in a previous entry.
                if main_position > pointer_value:
                    file_object.seek(pointer_value - main_position,
                                     os.SEEK_CUR)

                    try:
                        dyn_value_struct = self._ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE.parse_stream(
                            file_object)
                        dyn_value = dyn_value_struct.value.partition(
                            b'\x00')[0]
                        values.append(dyn_value)

                    except (IOError, construct.FieldError):
                        parser_mediator.ProduceParseError((
                            u'the pointer at {0:d} (0x{0:08x}) points to invalid '
                            u'information.'
                        ).format(main_position - self._ASL_POINTER.sizeof()))

                    # Come back to the position in the entry.
                    _ = file_object.read(main_position - file_object.tell())

                else:
                    _ = file_object.read(pointer_value - main_position)

                    dyn_value_struct = self._ASL_RECORD_DYN_VALUE.parse_stream(
                        file_object)
                    dyn_value = dyn_value_struct.value.partition(b'\x00')[0]
                    values.append(dyn_value)

                    # Come back to the position in the entry.
                    file_object.seek(main_position - file_object.tell(),
                                     os.SEEK_CUR)

            # Next extra field: 8 bytes more.
            tam_fields -= 8

        # Read the last 8 bytes of the record that points to the previous entry.
        _ = file_object.read(8)

        # Parsed section, we translate the read data to an appropriate format.
        micro_seconds, _ = divmod(record_struct.nanosec, 1000)

        # Parsing the dynamic values (text or pointers to position with text).
        # The first four are always the host, sender, facility, and message.
        number_of_values = len(values)
        if number_of_values < 4:
            parser_mediator.ProduceParseError(
                u'less than four values read from an ASL event.')

        computer_name = u'N/A'
        sender = u'N/A'
        facility = u'N/A'
        message = u'N/A'

        if number_of_values >= 1:
            computer_name = values[0].decode(u'utf-8')

        if number_of_values >= 2:
            sender = values[1].decode(u'utf-8')

        if number_of_values >= 3:
            facility = values[2].decode(u'utf-8')

        if number_of_values >= 4:
            message = values[3].decode(u'utf-8')

        # If the entry has an extra fields, they works as a pairs:
        # The first is the name of the field and the second the value.
        extra_information = u''
        if number_of_values > 4 and number_of_values % 2 == 0:
            # Taking all the extra attributes and merging them together,
            # eg: a = [1, 2, 3, 4] will look like "1: 2, 3: 4".
            try:
                extra_values = map(py2to3.UNICODE_TYPE, values[4:])
                extra_information = u', '.join(
                    map(u': '.join, zip(extra_values[0::2],
                                        extra_values[1::2])))
            except UnicodeDecodeError as exception:
                parser_mediator.ProduceParseError(
                    u'Unable to decode all ASL values in the extra information fields.'
                )

        event_object = ASLEvent(record_struct.timestamp,
                                offset,
                                record_struct.asl_message_id,
                                record_struct.level,
                                record_struct.pid,
                                record_struct.uid,
                                record_struct.gid,
                                record_struct.read_uid,
                                record_struct.read_gid,
                                computer_name,
                                sender,
                                facility,
                                message,
                                extra_information,
                                micro_seconds=micro_seconds)
        parser_mediator.ProduceEvent(event_object)

        return (event_object, record_struct.next_offset)