Re: Service Scan Error "Warning: Servicescan failed to fill ostype_template"

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 08:40:45AM -0700, David Fifield wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 01:14:04PM -0500, Chris Clements wrote:
> > I've not seen this before, but I received this error while doing a version
> > scan today:
> >
> > Warning: Servicescan failed to fill ostype_template (subjectlen: 1080,
> > ostypelen: 32). Capture exceeds length? Match string was line 9962: p/$3/
>
> What version of Nmap is it? This is a bug in the nmap-service-probes
> file. If it's from a released version, we just need to know the version
> number (nmap -V), otherwise send us line 9962 of nmap-service-probes.

It turns out the match line was too loose and it was matching an HTTP
reply. I made it a bit more specific, and also added a fingerprint for
the server you sent me.

David Fifield
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