Package name nmap
Date January 11th, 2007
Advisory ID MDKA-2007:005
Affected versions 2007.0
Synopsis Updated nmap packages to resolve issue using nmap as root

Problem Description

The version of nmap shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007 was built against
the system copies of the libpcap and libdnet libraries. However, nmap
actually requires changes to be made to these libraries which have not
yet been made to the upstream versions, and consequently should be
compiled against its own built-in copies of these libraries. This
problem causes nmap not to work as the root user: it would simply
freeze up. The updated package fixes this problem. It also fixes the
menu entry for the package.

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2007

 519efd6ded4f5b1d0c94a1bf3fc40a5d  2007.0/i586/nmap-4.11-2.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 295c5340d13334c278936c6dbb063ad4  2007.0/i586/nmap-frontend-4.11-2.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 51c740bee5eaac3231f2706138b68220  2007.0/SRPMS/nmap-4.11-2.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

 7cc200adb7e54af83c70793b56367f44  2007.0/x86_64/nmap-4.11-2.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 515db9f1112008580e09bfe2d9d48902  2007.0/x86_64/nmap-frontend-4.11-2.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 51c740bee5eaac3231f2706138b68220  2007.0/SRPMS/nmap-4.11-2.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Upgrade

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Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

                rpm --checksig package.rpm
                

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.