[Cucumber-linux-security] nmap (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for nmap for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

+----------------+
Thu Apr 19 12:41:34 EDT 2018
net-general/nmap upgraded from 7.31 to 7.70 to fix CVE-2018-1000161, a security
	vulnerability which for a malicious web server, when scanned by nmap, to
	write to a file outside of the intended directory on the scanning
	machine. For more information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=366
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000161
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-366 [CVE-2018-1000161]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=366)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure nmap is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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