0000730: Nikto XML output generation failure

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000730	Kali Linux	[All Projects] General Bug	public	2013-12-04 22:14	2013-12-04 22:42

Reporter	con	Assigned To	muts
Priority	low	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	1.0.5
Target Version	1.0.6	Fixed in Version	1.0.6

Summary	0000730: Nikto XML output generation failure
Description	Using nikto with -output and an xml extension will fail with the following message: + ERROR: Reading DTD
Steps To Reproduce	# nikto -host scanme.org -output scanme.xml + ERROR: reading DTD # cd /var/lib/nikto # nikto -host scanme.org -output scanme.xml - Nikto v2.1.5 (creates XML output file)
Additional Information	strace output shows that nikto expects nikto.dtd file at relative path "doc/nikto.dtd", so if current directory is changed to /var/lib/nikto then XML output will succeed

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2013-12-04 22:14	con	New Issue
2013-12-04 22:41	muts	Note Added: 0001125
2013-12-04 22:41	muts	Status	new => closed
2013-12-04 22:41	muts	Assigned To	=> muts
2013-12-04 22:41	muts	Resolution	open => fixed
2013-12-04 22:41	muts	Fixed in Version	=> 1.0.6
2013-12-04 22:42	muts	Status	closed => resolved
2013-12-04 22:42	muts	Target Version	=> 1.0.6

muts 2013-12-04 22:41 reporter ~0001125	Thanks for the detailed report. Your comments lead us to the problem immediately, and nikto.conf has been edited accordingly. Fixed in nikto_1:2.1.5-5.