Package: nikto
Version: 1.32-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
If you man nikto you will see
WARNING
Nikto is a tool for finding default web files and examing web
server and CGI security. It makes a lot of reqeusts to the remote
server, which in some cases may cause the server
to crash.
It may also be illegal to use this software against servers you
do not have permission to do test.
With "to crash." in bold on its own line after a newline, this is as a
result of this in the manpage:
It makes a lot of reqeusts to the remote server, which in some cases
may cause the server
.TP
.B
to crash.
The attached patch fixes this.
Micah
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (300, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages nikto depends on:
ii libnet-ssleay-perl 1.25-1.1 Perl module for Secure Sockets Lay
ii libwhisker-perl 1.8-1 Perl module geared for HTTP testin
ii perl 5.8.4-8 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
-- no debconf information
--- nikto.pl.1 2004-04-23 04:26:32.000000000 -0500
+++ /tmp/nikto.pl.1 2005-04-02 13:51:57.819938376 -0600
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
.SH WARNING
Nikto is a tool for finding default web files and examing web server and CGI
security.
It makes a lot of reqeusts to the remote server, which in some cases may cause
the server
-.TP
-.B
to crash.
It may also be illegal to use this software against servers you do not have
permission to do test.
