Re: Nmap 4.85BETA7 Released!

[henry.nymann () valeosylvania com]

David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote on 04/02/2009 01:37:03 PM:

> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:42:22AM -0400, henry.
> nymann () valeosylvania com wrote:
> > David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote on 04/02/2009 11:23:40 AM:
> >
> > > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 10:50:46AM -0400, henry.
> > > nymann () valeosylvania com wrote:
> > > > David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote on 04/02/2009 10:31:17
AM:
> > > > > Okay, that output looks like it is still from 4.85BETA6. It
> is possible
> > > > > that you have the BETA7 of Zenmap installed but only the
> BETA6 of Nmap.
> > > > > Try running
> > > > >    nmap --version
> > > > > You should be able to do that within Zenmap. If it says
> something before
> > > > > 4.85BETA7, then you will have to find where the old version
> is installed
> > > > > and remove it.
> > > > >
> > > > > David Fifield
> > > >
> > > > I did that, both in zenmap and via a command prompt, just to
> be sure, and
> > > > both respond with "Nmap version 4.85BETA7".
> > > >
> > > > However, the change was made to a script, is there a way to tell
the
> > > > "version" of a script?
> > >
> > > Scripts don't have individual version numbers, but you can open the
> > > script in a text editor and look for the presence of a
> > > CONFICKER_ERROR_HELP table. If all else fails, download the script
from
> > > http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/smb-check-vulns.html and install it
over
> > > your current script.
> >
> > My script did have the help table, but I downloaded the one from the
URL
> > anyway; however, I get the same results as before.
>
> Thanks for your patience. This error is my fault. I made a mistake in
> the error-checking code, by not handling an error from all the possible
> sources. I also made a mistake in testing the script, which is why it
> appeared to be working for me. I'm sorry to have taken you through this
> long discussion before realizing it. The upshot of all this is that the
> error messages announced in the CHANGELOG don't work at all.
>
> I committed a fix in r12864. Would you get the latest version from
> http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/smb-check-vulns.html and see if the
> output changes?
>
> David Fifield

Hey, no problem, at least it wasn't anything I did!  ;-)

I downloaded the new script and it works correctly as advertised.

Thank you!
Henry Nymann
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