GVM versions
gsa: 8.0.1
gvm: 8.0.1
openvas-scanner: 6.0.1
gvm-libs: 10.0.1
Environment
Operating system: Ubuntu 19.04
Kernel: Linux variant-1 5.0.0-37-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 14 00:14:01 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Installation method / source: I built from source by downloading the relevant releases on github, then building each necessary component from source.
Problem: I am interacting with my Openvas instance using Python. My script is as follows. I used the template from gvm-tools for my version and python-gvm. All I am doing is providing a taskname and a valid target_id and attempting to create a new task.
from gvm.connections import UnixSocketConnection
from gvm.protocols.latest import Gmp
from gvm.transforms import EtreeTransform
import logging
import psycopg2
import simplejson
import subprocess
import time
# path to unix socket
path = '/usr/local/var/run/gvmd.sock'
connection = UnixSocketConnection(path=path)
transform = EtreeTransform()
# logfile
logging.basicConfig(filename = "task_creation.log", level = logging.INFO)
# setup connection
gmp = Gmp(connection=connection, transform=transform)
# authentication credentials
ov_usern = $
ov_passw = $
ov_scanner_id = '08b69003-5fc2-4037-a479-93b440211c73'
ov_config_id = '698f691e-7489-11df-9d8c-002264764cea'
taskname = 'Task One'
with gmp:
gmp.authenticate(ov_usern, ov_passw)
target_id = '78bc45d9-b5d6-4088-aafe-770689ce4a9d'
print(target_id)
task_id = gmp.create_task(taskname, ov_config_id, target_id, ov_scanner_id)
print(task_id)
print(type(task_id))
However, when trying to do this, I get a failure on the gvmd side, as follows:
I attempted to create the task multiple times.
gvmd.log - source of the problem
event task:MESSAGE:2019-12-16 03h51.30 UTC:7359: Status of task (bfa9240e-56fa-48af-a579-446d08ea5931) has changed to New
md gmp: INFO:2019-12-16 03h51.30 UTC:7359: Failed to parse client XML: Error
event task:MESSAGE:2019-12-16 03h53.06 UTC:7638: Status of task (336d19d3-4ffd-4ce2-a7ed-ece60339778e) has changed to New
md gmp: INFO:2019-12-16 03h53.06 UTC:7638: Failed to parse client XML: Error
event task:MESSAGE:2019-12-16 03h56.07 UTC:8141: Status of task (af0ebfef-fc8d-49a5-b074-64dce4bef696) has changed to New
md gmp: INFO:2019-12-16 03h56.07 UTC:8141: Failed to parse client XML: Error
event task:MESSAGE:2019-12-16 04h11.40 UTC:10778: Status of task (46915c7a-1ee2-4d81-923c-f972e816488f) has changed to New
md gmp: INFO:2019-12-16 04h11.40 UTC:10778: Failed to parse client XML: Error
event task:MESSAGE:2019-12-16 04h20.19 UTC:12297: Status of task (9dac0c70-a40c-46a2-a76c-fa0d65aeb780) has changed to New
md gmp: INFO:2019-12-16 04h20.19 UTC:12297: Failed to parse client XML: Error
event task:MESSAGE:2019-12-16 04h22.48 UTC:12807: Status of task (a6783278-2da1-43c9-9f21-d522024f829a) has changed to New
md gmp: INFO:2019-12-16 04h22.48 UTC:12807: Failed to parse client XML: Error
gsad.log - there is nothing relevant here
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h13.00 UTC:1275: MHD: Error: received handshake message out of context
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h14.03 UTC:1275: MHD: Error: received handshake message out of context
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h14.16 UTC:1275: MHD: Failed to send data in request for `/static/js/main.85fd8104.chunk.js'.
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h14.16 UTC:1275: MHD: Failed to send data in request for `/static/js/2.33b2c378.chunk.js'.
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h14.28 UTC:1275: MHD: Failed to send data in request for `/static/js/2.33b2c378.chunk.js'.
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h14.28 UTC:1275: MHD: Failed to send data in request for `/static/js/main.85fd8104.chunk.js'.
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h14.44 UTC:1275: MHD: Error: received handshake message out of context
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h14.44 UTC:1275: MHD: Error: received handshake message out of context
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h14.44 UTC:1275: MHD: Error: received handshake message out of context
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h15.02 utc:1276: MHD: Application reported internal error, closing connection.
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h17.31 UTC:1275: MHD: Failed to send data in request for `/static/js/2.33b2c378.chunk.js'.
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h17.33 UTC:1275: MHD: Error: received handshake message out of context
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h17.43 UTC:1275: MHD: Error: received handshake message out of context
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h17.43 UTC:1275: MHD: Failed to send data in request for `/static/js/2.33b2c378.chunk.js'.
gsad main:WARNING:2019-12-16 04h17.43 UTC:1275: MHD: Failed to send data in request for `/static/js/main.85fd8104.chunk.js'.
The Python debug log is empty. However, there is clearly output as such:
78bc45d9-b5d6-4088-aafe-770689ce4a9d
<Element create_task_response at 0x7ff45d333888>
<class 'lxml.etree._Element'>
Dev docs for gvm-tools: https://readthedocs.org/projects/gvm-tools/downloads/pdf/latest/
This is a near word-for-word transcription of page 18.
Dev docs for create_task function: https://python-gvm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/gmpv9.html
CTRL+F for “create_task”.
The scanner id is valid. The config id is valid. The target id is valid. Everything has been built according to the dev docs. What is going on?