Issued:
2015-11-19
Updated:
2015-11-19

RHBA-2015:2137 - 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 7.

Description

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

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the ncat utility printed debug messages even when verbose mode was not enabled. As a consequence, after connecting through an HTTP proxy, a debug message was displayed together with the received data, which could interfere with the automated processing of standard output. With this update, ncat prints debug messages only in verbose mode as expected. (BZ#1134412)

  • Previously, when a host machine had both an IPv4 and IPv6 address, the ncat utility only used one of these addresses when connecting. The utility did not attempt to connect to the other address if the first attempted address was unreacheable, and the connection failed. The ncat connection code has been updated to use other addresses obtained by host name resolution after it fails to reach the first attempted address. As a result, ncat is able to connect even when one of the host machine IP addresses is unreacheable. (BZ#1192143)

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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.5ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.4ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.3ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.2ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.5ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.4ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.3ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.4ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.3ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • nmap-debuginfo-6.40-7.el7.s390x.rpm
  • nmap-ncat-6.40-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • nmap-ncat-6.40-7.el7.aarch64.rpm
  • nmap-6.40-7.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • nmap-ncat-6.40-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • nmap-ncat-6.40-7.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • nmap-6.40-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • nmap-debuginfo-6.40-7.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • nmap-6.40-7.el7.s390x.rpm
  • nmap-debuginfo-6.40-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • nmap-6.40-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • nmap-debuginfo-6.40-7.el7.aarch64.rpm
  • nmap-ncat-6.40-7.el7.s390x.rpm
  • nmap-debuginfo-6.40-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • nmap-frontend-6.40-7.el7.noarch.rpm
  • nmap-6.40-7.el7.src.rpm
  • nmap-6.40-7.el7.aarch64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References


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