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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0001502Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2025-07-14 09:36
ReporterSorax Assigned Tomuts  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionunable to reproduce 
Platformx86OSKaliOS Version1.0
Product Version1.0.7 
Summary0001502: w3af is unable to start
Description

w3af won't start. Neither from the terminal, nor from the kali-menu.
If I try to start it from the kali-menu, nothing happens at all.

If I try to start it from the terminal, it shows an error-message as shown in the screenshot:
"There was an error while importing w3af.plugins.output.console: "No module named darts.lib.utils.lru"."

Steps To Reproduce
  1. Tried to start w3af from the kali-menu (kali-menu/web-applications/web-application-scanner/w3af).
  2. Tried to start w3af from the terminal (the error-message from the screenshot shows up.
Additional Information

root@kali:~# uname -a
Linux kali 3.14-kali1-686-pae 0000001 SMP Debian 3.14.5-1kali1 (2014-06-07) i686 GNU/Linux

root@kali:~# which w3af
/usr/bin/w3af
root@kali:~# type w3af
w3af is hashed (/usr/bin/w3af)
root@kali:~# dpkg --search /usr/bin/w3af
w3af-console: /usr/bin/w3af
root@kali:~# dpkg --list w3af
Gewünscht=Unbekannt/Installieren/R=Entfernen/P=Vollständig Löschen/Halten
| Status=Nicht/Installiert/Config/U=Entpackt/halb konFiguriert/
Halb installiert/Trigger erWartet/Trigger anhängig
|/ Fehler?=(kein)/R=Neuinstallation notwendig (Status, Fehler: GROSS=schlecht)
||/ Name Version Architektur Beschreibung
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii w3af 1.6.0.3+0~gi all framework to find and exploit web

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muts

2014-07-05 16:29

reporter   ~0002197

This is a duplicate of 1501, which was closed due to insufficient information.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-07-05 15:48 Sorax New Issue
2014-07-05 15:48 Sorax File Added: Bildschirmfoto vom 2014-07-05 17:38:12.png
2014-07-05 16:29 muts Note Added: 0002197
2014-07-05 16:29 muts Status new => closed
2014-07-05 16:29 muts Assigned To => muts
2014-07-05 16:29 muts Resolution open => unable to reproduce
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal