[Nikto-discuss] Problem updating 2.10 of 2.1.0

[Magnus Trouw]

Tnx! That explains a lot. Gonna try and replace the bt4 nikto.


Magnus

Op 9 dec 2009 om 13:43 heeft david lodge <resident.deity at gmail.com>  
het volgende geschreven:\

> 2009/12/5 Magnus <magnuspublic at mac.com>:
>> Using BackTrack4 I have trouble updating:
>> /pentest/scanners/nikto/nikto.pl -update
>> + ERROR (404): Unable to get www.cirt.net/nikto/UPDATES/2.10/versions.txt
>> (i do have a web connection)
>> When I look at the URL: www.cirt.net/nikto/UPDATES/2.10/ 
>> versions.txt I
>> notice that it is misspelled.
>> It should be www.cirt.net/nikto/UPDATES/2.1.0/versions.txt
>> So just 2.1.0 instead of the 2.10. I cannot find a way to edit the  
>> update
>> URL.
>
> It does look like BT4 used the pre-release (2.10) version of Nikto. As
> the naming scheme changed during development (from 2.10 to 2.1.0) then
> the BT version will try and collect from the wrong path.
>
> Two ways of working around this:
> 1. Get 2.1.0 from http://www.cirt.net/Nikto and use that - there will
> be bug fixes etc.: 2.10 was a bit of a mess before I cleaned it up
> prior to release.
> 2. Edit line 51 in nikto.pl:
> $NIKTO{version}    = "2.10";
>
> As Sullo said earlier, I'd really strongly advise that you grab 2.1.0
> instead of hacking the version you currently have installed.