[Bug 401914] [NEW] The HTML & XML report templates and nikto.dtd are missing from the nikto package.

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nikto

Ubuntu release information:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 9.04
Release:	9.04

Package name and version:
$ aptitude show nikto | egrep 'Package|Version'
Package: nikto
Version: 2.03-1

Description of problem:
The HTML & XML report templates and nikto.dtd are missing from the nikto package.

Search for the templates folder and nikto.dtd:
$ dpkg -L nikto | egrep 'templates|nikto.dtd'

Nikto generated errors when using HTML report format:
$ nikto -h 127.0.0.1 -p 80 -F html -o 127.0.0.1_80.html
+ ERROR: Can't open directory '/var/lib/nikto/templates': 1 at /var/lib/nikto/plugins/nikto_core.plugin line 1893.

Nikto generated errors when using the XML report format:
$ nikto -h 127.0.0.1 -p 80 -F xml -o 127.0.0.1_80.xml
+ ERROR: reading DTD
+ ERROR: reading DTD

Nikto config.txt reference to nikto.dtd:
$ egrep nikto.dtd /etc/nikto/config.txt
NIKTODTD=docs/nikto.dtd

Potential resolution:
Update the package by adding the templates folder to "/var/lib/nikto/". Then add "nikto.dtd" to "/usr/share/doc/nikto" and change "NIKTODTD=docs/nikto.dtd" to "NIKTODTD=/usr/share/doc/nikto/nikto.dtd" within "/etc/nikto/config.txt".

** Affects: nikto (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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The HTML & XML report templates and nikto.dtd are missing from the nikto package.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401914
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