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nmap package

nmap script engine run time error

Bug #331303 reported by stop on 2009-02-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #319656: nmap script engine error. Edit Remove

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nmap (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nmap

Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04

Nmap 4.76-0ubuntu2

"sudo nmap -A localhost" threw run time errors:

~$ sudo nmap -A localhost

Starting Nmap 4.76 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-02-19 00:07 CET
Warning: Hostname localhost resolves to 2 IPs. Using 127.0.0.1.
SCRIPT ENGINE: '/usr/share/nmap/scripts/dns-test-open-recursion.nse' threw a run time error and could not be loaded.
SCRIPT ENGINE: '/usr/share/nmap/scripts/skype_v2-version.nse' threw a run time error and could not be loaded.
SCRIPT ENGINE: error while initializing script rules:
/usr/share/nmap/scripts/script.db:20: rpcinfo.nse is not a file!
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'Entry'
/usr/share/nmap/scripts/script.db:20: in main chunk
[C]: ?
[C]: ?

SCRIPT ENGINE: Aborting script scan.

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Ninad S Pundalik (ninadsp16289) wrote on 2009-04-13:

I too confirm this bug in Jaunty (development). This only occurs when script scanning is enabled, ie then nmap is used with option '-sC', which is included in the option '-A'.
Please let me know if more information is needed about this. Will be happy to help.