Bug 826601 – ncat does not write to output file with UDP

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Bug 826601 - ncat does not write to output file with UDP

Summary:	ncat does not write to output file with UDP

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	nmap (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.3
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Michal Hlavinka
QA Contact:	Hubert Kario
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Reported:	2012-05-30 11:11 EDT by Patrik Kis
Modified:	2013-05-30 11:49 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	nmap-5.51-3.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2013-05-30 11:49:21 EDT
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patch to fix this (1011 bytes, patch) 2012-06-19 05:03 EDT, Michal Hlavinka	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:0881	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	nmap bug fix update	2013-05-30 15:48:16 EDT

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Description Patrik Kis 2012-05-30 11:11:10 EDT

Description of problem:
ncat does not write the session data to output file when the protocol is UDP

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
nmap-5.51-1.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
# ncat --udp --output ncatudp.log --listen 6666
TEST
^C
# ls -l ncatudp.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 May 30 18:06 ncatudp.log

In this test the following command was used to send data to the server:
# echo TEST | ncat --udp localhost 6666
 
Actual results:
the output file is empty

Expected results:
# ncat --output ncattcp.log --listen 6666
TEST
^C
# cat ncattcp.log 
TEST

Comment 2 Michal Hlavinka 2012-06-05 06:20:35 EDT

reproducible in both rhel and latest fedora

Comment 4 Michal Hlavinka 2012-06-19 05:03:17 EDT

Created attachment 592879 [details]
patch to fix this

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2013-05-30 11:49:21 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0881.html

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