Issued:

2011-07-20

Updated:

2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:0967 - nmap bug fix update

Synopsis

nmap bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated nmap package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The nmap package provides a network exploration utility and a security scanner.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the output of the "nmap -h" (or "nmap --help") command did not describe all the available nmap options that begin with the "-s" or "-P" prefix. As a result, a user could have been unable to research what options can be used to perform specific tasks with nmap. With this update, the bug has been fixed so that the output of "nmap -h" now describes all the aforementioned nmap options that were previously missing from the output. (BZ#621045)

All users of nmap are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• nmap-5.21-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
• nmap-debuginfo-5.21-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• nmap-debuginfo-5.21-4.el6.s390x.rpm
• nmap-debuginfo-5.21-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
• nmap-5.21-4.el6.src.rpm
• nmap-5.21-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• nmap-debuginfo-5.21-4.el6.i686.rpm
• nmap-5.21-4.el6.i686.rpm
• nmap-frontend-5.21-4.el6.noarch.rpm
• nmap-5.21-4.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 621045

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.