Issued:
2013-05-30
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:0881 - nmap bug fix update

Synopsis

nmap bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated nmap packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the debuginfo file for the ncat utility was missing in the nmap debuginfo package. Consequently, debugging and analysis of unexpected terminations could not be done properly. This update ensure the missing file is present in the package, thus fixing this bug. (BZ#729045)

  • In a previous version, the ncat utility failed to write its session data to an output file when the used protocol was UDP. This update provides a patch, which ensures that the data are properly written in the described scenario, thus fixing this bug. (BZ#826601)

Users of nmap are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • nmap-frontend-5.51-3.el6.noarch.rpm
  • nmap-5.51-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • nmap-debuginfo-5.51-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • nmap-5.51-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • nmap-debuginfo-5.51-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • nmap-debuginfo-5.51-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • nmap-5.51-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • nmap-debuginfo-5.51-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • nmap-5.51-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • nmap-5.51-3.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information