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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0000263Kali LinuxTool Upgrade Requestpublic2025-07-14 09:36
ReporterMatias Assigned Todookie  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Platformx86OSKaliOS Version1.0
Summary0000263: msfupdate doesn't update
Description

When running msfupdate it says there is no updates. Same issue as bug id# 204 which was closed as "solved". Locale was always EN-US for me but the issue is still there.

Still getting metasploit updates through apt-get upgrade.

Steps To Reproduce

run msfupdate

Additional Information

metasploit:
Installed: 4.6.0-1-1kali0
Candidate: 4.6.0-1-1kali0
Version table:
*** 4.6.0-1-1kali0 0
500 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/non-free i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

metasploit-framework:
Installed: 4.6.0-1-1kali1
Candidate: 4.6.0-1-1kali1
Version table:
*** 4.6.0-1-1kali1 0
500 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Activities

fpalazzo

fpalazzo

2013-06-12 21:00

reporter   ~0000547

I have the same issue.
My details below:

metasploit-framework:
Installed: 4.6.2-2013060501-1kali1
Candidate: 4.6.2-2013060501-1kali1
Version table:
4.6.2-2013060501-1kali1 0
500 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
metasploit:
Installed: 4.6.2-2013060501-1kali0
Candidate: 4.6.2-2013060501-1kali0
Version table:
4.6.2-2013060501-1kali0 0
500 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/non-free i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

kbabycares

kbabycares

2013-06-14 20:54

reporter   ~0000560

I have same problem updating msfupdate

root@Kali:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://http.kali.org kali Release.gpg [836 B]
Get:2 http://security.kali.org kali/updates Release.gpg [836 B]
Get:3 http://http.kali.org kali Release [21.1 kB]
Get:4 http://security.kali.org kali/updates Release [10.9 kB]
Get:5 http://http.kali.org kali/main Sources [7,506 kB]
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Translation-en_NG
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Translation-en_NG
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Translation-en_NG
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Translation-en_NG
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/main Translation-en_NG
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/main Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Translation-en_NG
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Translation-en
Get:6 http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main i386 Packages [78.4 kB]
Get:7 http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Sources [117 kB]
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Get:8 http://http.kali.org kali/main i386 Packages [8,405 kB]
Get:9 http://http.kali.org kali/non-free i386 Packages [114 kB]
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/contrib i386 Packages
Fetched 16.3 MB in 5min 17s (51.1 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@Kali:~# msfupdate
[]
[
] Attempting to update the Metasploit Framework...
[*]

[] Checking for updates
[
] Updating to version 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
cli-common libart2.0-cil libgconf2.0-cil libgdiplus libglade2.0-cil
libglade2.0-cil-dev libglib2.0-cil libglib2.0-cil-dev libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
libgnome2.24-cil libgtk2.0-cil libgtk2.0-cil-dev libmono-2.0-1
libmono-2.0-dev libmono-accessibility2.0-cil libmono-accessibility4.0-cil
libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil libmono-addins0.2-cil libmono-c5-1.1-cil
libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-cairo4.0-cil libmono-cecil-private-cil
libmono-codecontracts4.0-cil libmono-compilerservices-symbolwriter4.0-cil
libmono-corlib2.0-cil libmono-corlib4.0-cil libmono-cscompmgd8.0-cil
libmono-csharp4.0-cil libmono-custommarshalers4.0-cil
libmono-data-tds2.0-cil libmono-data-tds4.0-cil libmono-db2-1.0-cil
libmono-debugger-soft2.0-cil libmono-debugger-soft4.0-cil
libmono-http4.0-cil libmono-i18n-cjk4.0-cil libmono-i18n-mideast4.0-cil
libmono-i18n-other4.0-cil libmono-i18n-rare4.0-cil libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil
libmono-i18n-west4.0-cil libmono-i18n4.0-all libmono-i18n4.0-cil
libmono-ldap2.0-cil libmono-ldap4.0-cil libmono-management2.0-cil
libmono-management4.0-cil libmono-messaging-rabbitmq2.0-cil
libmono-messaging-rabbitmq4.0-cil libmono-messaging2.0-cil
libmono-messaging4.0-cil libmono-microsoft-build-engine4.0-cil
libmono-microsoft-build-framework4.0-cil
libmono-microsoft-build-tasks-v4.0-4.0-cil
libmono-microsoft-build-utilities-v4.0-4.0-cil
libmono-microsoft-build2.0-cil libmono-microsoft-csharp4.0-cil
libmono-microsoft-visualc10.0-cil
libmono-microsoft-web-infrastructure1.0-cil libmono-microsoft8.0-cil
libmono-npgsql2.0-cil libmono-npgsql4.0-cil libmono-opensystem-c4.0-cil
libmono-oracle2.0-cil libmono-oracle4.0-cil libmono-peapi2.0-cil
libmono-peapi4.0-cil libmono-posix2.0-cil libmono-posix4.0-cil
libmono-rabbitmq2.0-cil libmono-rabbitmq4.0-cil libmono-relaxng2.0-cil
libmono-relaxng4.0-cil libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-security4.0-cil
libmono-sharpzip2.6-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil libmono-sharpzip4.84-cil
libmono-simd2.0-cil libmono-simd4.0-cil libmono-sqlite2.0-cil
libmono-sqlite4.0-cil libmono-system-componentmodel-composition4.0-cil
libmono-system-componentmodel-dataannotations4.0-cil
libmono-system-configuration-install4.0-cil
libmono-system-configuration4.0-cil libmono-system-core4.0-cil
libmono-system-data-datasetextensions4.0-cil libmono-system-data-linq2.0-cil
libmono-system-data-linq4.0-cil libmono-system-data-services-client4.0-cil
libmono-system-data2.0-cil libmono-system-data4.0-cil
libmono-system-drawing4.0-cil libmono-system-dynamic4.0-cil
libmono-system-enterpriseservices4.0-cil
libmono-system-identitymodel-selectors4.0-cil
libmono-system-identitymodel4.0-cil libmono-system-ldap2.0-cil
libmono-system-ldap4.0-cil libmono-system-management4.0-cil
libmono-system-messaging2.0-cil libmono-system-net4.0-cil
libmono-system-numerics4.0-cil libmono-system-runtime-caching4.0-cil
libmono-system-runtime-durableinstancing4.0-cil
libmono-system-runtime-serialization-formatters-soap4.0-cil
libmono-system-runtime-serialization4.0-cil libmono-system-runtime2.0-cil
libmono-system-runtime4.0-cil libmono-system-security4.0-cil
libmono-system-transactions4.0-cil libmono-system-web-abstractions4.0-cil
libmono-system-web-applicationservices4.0-cil libmono-system-web-mvc1.0-cil
libmono-system-web-mvc2.0-cil libmono-system-web-routing4.0-cil
libmono-system-web-services4.0-cil libmono-system-web2.0-cil
libmono-system-web4.0-cil libmono-system-xaml4.0-cil
libmono-system-xml-linq4.0-cil libmono-system-xml4.0-cil
libmono-system2.0-cil libmono-system4.0-cil libmono-tasklets2.0-cil
libmono-tasklets4.0-cil libmono-wcf3.0-cil libmono-web4.0-cil
libmono-webmatrix-data4.0-cil libmono-windowsbase3.0-cil
libmono-windowsbase4.0-cil libmono2.0-cil libnunit-cil-dev libnunit2.6-cil
mono-4.0-gac mono-csharp-shell mono-dmcs mono-gac mono-runtime mono-xbuild
monodoc-base
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be upgraded:
metasploit metasploit-framework
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 125 not upgraded.
Need to get 122 MB of archives.
After this operation, 12.9 MB disk space will be freed.
Get:1 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:2 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:3 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:4 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:5 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:6 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:7 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:8 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:9 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:10 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:11 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main metasploit-framework i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [30.5 MB]
Get:12 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/non-free metasploit i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 [91.4 MB]
Err http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/non-free metasploit i386 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0
Connection failed [IP: 193.206.139.34 80]
Fetched 15.3 MB in 43min 2s (5,920 B/s)
Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/non-free/m/metasploit/metasploit_4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0_i386.deb Connection failed [IP: 193.206.139.34 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
[ ok ] Starting PostgreSQL 9.1 database server: main.
[ ok ] Starting Metasploit rpc server: prosvc.
[ ok ] Starting Metasploit web server: thin.

Can you tell me what to do about this problem

fpalazzo

fpalazzo

2013-06-20 15:48

reporter   ~0000579

The issue persist. There is a new version of Metasploit; but I cannot upgrade it. When I running "msfupdate" it says there is no updates. Through "apt-get upgrade" I don't receive any update about MSF.

My current details:

metasploit-framework:
Installed: 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0
Candidate: 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0
Version table:
4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 0
500 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
metasploit:
Installed: 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0
Candidate: 4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0
Version table:
4.6.2-2013061201-1kali0 0
500 http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali/non-free i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

vanguard

vanguard

2013-06-20 18:27

reporter   ~0000580

Is metasploit running? You can chack it by "ctlscript.sh status".
If everything is running and metasploit was registered, msfupdate should work.

Good luck!

Hans

NetSecNow

NetSecNow

2013-07-01 16:56

reporter   ~0000602

I was unable to reproduce this issue. Today, without MSF started, I was able to update:

msfupdate
[]
[
] Attempting to update the Metasploit Framework...
[*]

[] Checking for updates
[
] Updating to version 4.6.2-2013062601-1kali0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
metasploit metasploit-framework
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 123 MB of archives.
After this operation, 93.2 kB of additional disk space will be used.

uname -ar
Linux kali 3.7-trunk-686-pae 0000001 SMP Debian 3.7.2-0+kali8 i686 GNU/Linux

cat debian_version
Kali Linux 1.0

dookie

dookie

2013-07-03 14:12

reporter   ~0000603

This is not a bug and is by design. A new metasploit package is pushed out every week after it has gone through the Rapid 7 QA process.
Allowing msfupdate would break the package and would not adhere to Debian packaging standards.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-04-14 11:48 Matias New Issue
2013-06-12 21:00 fpalazzo Note Added: 0000547
2013-06-14 20:54 kbabycares Note Added: 0000560
2013-06-20 15:48 fpalazzo Note Added: 0000579
2013-06-20 18:27 vanguard Note Added: 0000580
2013-07-01 16:56 NetSecNow Note Added: 0000602
2013-07-03 14:12 dookie Note Added: 0000603
2013-07-03 14:12 dookie Status new => closed
2013-07-03 14:12 dookie Assigned To => dookie
2013-07-03 14:12 dookie Resolution open => no change required
2021-05-31 13:37 rhertzog Category Tool Upgrade => Tool Upgrade Request
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal