RHBA-2014:0683 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated nmap packages that fix one bug 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 bug:

• Previously, the ncat utility printed debug messages even in verbose mode. 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#1000770)

Users of nmap are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1000770 - ncat displays debug message during normal use

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)