--- snort-2.8.5.2.orig/src/detection-plugins/sp_pattern_match.c	2009-08-10 22:41:44.000000000 +0200
+++ snort-2.8.5.2/src/detection-plugins/sp_pattern_match.c	2010-01-19 19:58:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ void PayloadSearchListInit(char *data, O
         data++;
 
     /* grab everything between the starting " and the end one */
-    sptr = index(data, '"');
+    sptr = strchr(data, '"');
     eptr = strrchr(data, '"');
 
     if(sptr != NULL && eptr != NULL)
@@ -862,21 +862,21 @@ static char *PayloadExtractParameter(cha
     char *quote_one = NULL, *quote_two = NULL;
     char *comma = NULL;
 
-    quote_one = index(data, '"');
+    quote_one = strchr(data, '"');
     if (quote_one)
     {
-        quote_two = index(quote_one+1, '"');
+        quote_two = strchr(quote_one+1, '"');
         while ( quote_two && quote_two[-1] == '\\' )
-            quote_two = index(quote_two+1, '"');
+            quote_two = strchr(quote_two+1, '"');
     }
 
     if (quote_one && quote_two)
     {
-        comma = index(quote_two, ',');
+        comma = strchr(quote_two, ',');
     }
     else if (!quote_one)
     {
-        comma = index(data, ',');
+        comma = strchr(data, ',');
     }
 
     if (comma)
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ void ParsePattern(char *rule, OptTreeNod
     }
 
     /* find the start of the data */
-    start_ptr = index(rule, '"');
+    start_ptr = strchr(rule, '"');
 
     if(start_ptr != rule)
     {