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To deploy OpenVAS to Virtual machines I’ve been using Ansible for a while and it worked pretty well. Now today I wanted to deploy it to another machine but the openvas-check-setup script keeps telling me that the setup isn’t … Continue reading OpenVAS won’t generate SCAP Database
I was wondering if it is possible to run a command like cat, w3m or any other Operating System (Linux) utility from inside a NASL script and use its output. Do you know any examples? I know you can use the tools that OpenVAS … Continue reading Is it possible to invoke OS commands from a NASL script in OpenVAS?
Sysadmin Ramblings Basic Installation Install Ubuntu 16.04LTS Make sure you update your newly installed system with the latest patches – security updates. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Openvas9 is available a… Continue reading Openvas 9 on Ubuntu Setup
Once you have install OpenVAS it is a good idea to ensure it is kept up to date and running the latest security scripts to find the latest vulnerabilities as well as sync to the […]
The post Update OpenVAS Plugins (NVT, Cert Data & SCAP Data) Au… Continue reading Update OpenVAS Plugins (NVT, Cert Data & SCAP Data) Automatically
We have been using OpenVas to scan our servers for months now. Recently the scans are getting stuck on different %, always below 30%. We did not change anything in my local configuration. I read a post somewhere that I should… Continue reading OpenVas gets stuck on some scans
The password to access OpenVas vulnerability scanner with username ‘admin’ is created during the initial setup. At times you forget the password or want to reset it. This can be accomplished by resetting the password using […]
The post How to Reset… Continue reading How to Reset or Create a Password for OpenVas
I have installed OpenVAS9 on Centos 7 host on Virtual Box 5.2.8.I know the command openvasmd -update updates the database. I need to know the location of the database and change in storage of the database. Is there a command … Continue reading How does OpenVAS 9 update the database?
The OpenVAS developers are happy to announce a round of maintenance releases for the Open Vulnerability Assessment System release 9 (OpenVAS-9). This round includes the following releases: – OpenVAS Libraries 9.0.2 – OpenVAS Scanner 5.1.2 [… Continue reading Open Vulnerability Assessment System release 9 (OpenVAS-9)
I’m running Greenbone Security Assistant 7.0.2 (on Kali Linux) and the default performance reporting currently goes a “Fallback Report” which only dumps /proc/meminfo to the screen. A note on the page implies that there’s mor… Continue reading RRD Performance reporting with GSA/OpenVAS
I have encountered strange results while changing only the port list for some targets.
If I use the wizard (immediate scan) to scan a couple of hosts, I get a report with some medium vulnerabilities. If I clone the target th… Continue reading Openvas : Change in port list has unexpected results