Re: nmap ends prematurely with a segfault

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 03:15:21PM -0500, DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
> I run nmap like this:
> sudo nmap -v -sSUV -O -pT:-,U:[1-65535] --traceroute --reason
> --script=discovery,safe,backdoor,vulnerability,malware --script-trace
> -d6 xxx.yyy.zzz.190,153,193,89
>
> and after some time, it eventually ends with a segfault.
>
> Seriously, it ends with a simple "Segmentation fault" and nothing else
> to help explain from where the segfault came.

Hi Jason,

I've been investigating a segfault that I found with --script=discovery.
Do these two commands segfault for you too?

nmap --script=ripeQuery.nse localhost
nmap -6 whois.ripe.net

It seems to be related to nsock and IPv6.

David Fifield

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