The HTML & XML report templates and nikto.dtd are missing from the nikto package.

[ajc]

Binary package hint: nikto

Ubuntu release information:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

Package name and version:
$ aptitude show nikto | egrep 'Package|Version'
Package: nikto
Version: 2.03-1

Description of problem:
The HTML & XML report templates and nikto.dtd are missing from the nikto package.

Search for the templates folder and nikto.dtd:
$ dpkg -L nikto | egrep 'templates|nikto.dtd'

Nikto generated errors when using HTML report format:
$ nikto -h 127.0.0.1 -p 80 -F html -o 127.0.0.1_80.html
+ ERROR: Can't open directory '/var/lib/nikto/templates': 1 at /var/lib/nikto/plugins/nikto_core.plugin line 1893.

Nikto generated errors when using the XML report format:
$ nikto -h 127.0.0.1 -p 80 -F xml -o 127.0.0.1_80.xml
+ ERROR: reading DTD
+ ERROR: reading DTD

Nikto config.txt reference to nikto.dtd:
$ egrep nikto.dtd /etc/nikto/config.txt
NIKTODTD=docs/nikto.dtd

Potential resolution:
Update the package by adding the templates folder to "/var/lib/nikto/". Then add "nikto.dtd" to "/usr/share/doc/nikto" and change "NIKTODTD=docs/nikto.dtd" to "NIKTODTD=/usr/share/doc/nikto/nikto.dtd" within "/etc/nikto/config.txt".

[ScottMiller (stmiller)]

Bug exists in 10.04

$ dpkg -s nikto
Package: nikto
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: non-free/net
Installed-Size: 1132
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 2.03-2
Depends: perl, libwhisker2-perl, libnet-ssleay-perl
Suggests: nmap
Conffiles:
 /etc/nikto/config.txt a7aaa7c777710d1220a55b386078a808
Description: web server security scanner
 Nikto is a pluggable web server and CGI scanner written in Perl, using
 rfp's LibWhisker to perform fast security or informational checks.
 .
 Features:
  - Easily updatable CSV-format checks database
  - Output reports in plain text or HTML
  - Available HTTP versions automatic switching
  - Generic as well as specific server software checks
  - SSL support (through libnet-ssleay-perl)
  - Proxy support (with authentication)
  - Cookies support
Original-Maintainer: Vincent Bernat <email address hidden>
Homepage: http://cirt.net/nikto2

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS"