Re: variable 'ssl' is not declared

[Djalal Harouni <tixxdz () opendz org>]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 04:17:34PM +1000, m k wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm coming across the error message below when attempting to execute
> nmap scripts.
>
> My question is how do I go about solving this?
You can run Nmap with debug level -d2 or more and send us the full output.
Just to get the list of the loaded scripts.

> Also I only got this message after using the -sC option . using the
> --script option did not produce the error mesg. Should they not both
> do the same?
No, -sC is just an alias to --script=default

> PS. I'm not writing a new script but using existing ones.
>
> SE: failed to initialize the script engine:
> /usr/local/share/nmap/nse_main.lua:384:
> /usr/local/share/nmap/nselib/strict.lua:65: variable 'ssl' is not
> declared
> stack traceback:
>       [C]: in function 'assert'
>       /usr/local/share/nmap/nse_main.lua:384: in function 'new'
>       /usr/local/share/nmap/nse_main.lua:546: in function 'Entry'
>       /usr/local/share/nmap/scripts/script.db:166: in function 'db_closure'
>       /usr/local/share/nmap/nse_main.lua:566: in function 'get_chosen_scripts'
>       /usr/local/share/nmap/nse_main.lua:1006: in main chunk
>       [C]: ?
>
> QUITTING!
Please send the full output as it seems that you are running an old version
of Nmap.

Thanks for the bug report.

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