Issued:

2012-06-20

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0817 - nmap bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

nmap bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated nmap packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The nmap packages provide a network exploration utility and a security scanner.

The nmap package has been upgraded to version 5.51, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version and improves performance. (BZ#512042)

This update also fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the nping man page listed "--md" for the "More Fragments" option. This update corrects this misprint and now correctly lists "--mf" for this option. (BZ#813734)

All users of nmap are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• nmap-5.51-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
• nmap-debuginfo-5.51-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
• nmap-debuginfo-5.51-2.el6.i686.rpm
• nmap-debuginfo-5.51-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
• nmap-debuginfo-5.51-2.el6.s390x.rpm
• nmap-5.51-2.el6.src.rpm
• nmap-5.51-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
• nmap-frontend-5.51-2.el6.noarch.rpm
• nmap-5.51-2.el6.i686.rpm
• nmap-5.51-2.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 813734

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.