How generally OpenVAS feed updates

Hello,

Please advise how generally OpenVAS new feed updates come?

Iam using Greenbone Security Assistant Version 7.0.3. I did tried manual update the feed and I am able to to do so through CLI with no error but the database remains old one.

I did run below cmdlets, Its completed without any error but the databases remains old one.

sudo runuser -u _gvm – greenbone-nvt-sync
sudo greenbone-feed-sync --type GVMD_DATA
sudo greenbone-feed-sync --type SCAP
sudo greenbone-feed-sync --type CERT

Below are the current feeds

VT NVTs Greenbone Community Feed 201904041051 Too old (1827 days) - Please check the automatic synchronization of your system
SCAP CVEs, CPEs, OVAL Definitions OpenVAS SCAP Feed 201904022300 Too old (1828 days) - Please check the automatic synchronization of your system

|CERT| CERT-Bund Advisories, DFN-CERT Advisories|OpenVAS CERT Feed|201904030000|Too old (1828 days) - Please check the automatic synchronization of your system|

Thanks
G

It should be obvious that you have neglected to update your vulnerability feed and are using a wildly outdated version of Greenbone. Obviously, you need to

  1. Update your current version of Greenbone to a more recent one.
  2. Read the documentation and manuals for Greenbone
  3. Continue to update and maintain your Greenbone installation and your knowledge of the various Greenbone components if you expect it to work.

However, there is a much more simple approach to running Greenbone. The Greenbone Cloud Service is a managed cloud service that allow you to do vulnerability scanning in a simple push button manner without installing, maintaining complex software. :smiley:

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Thanks rippledj for the response but I want to know how soon the new feeds are available to update with latest NVT, SCRAP etc.

Thanks
Gopal

I notice the NVT’s are daily, others less critical are less commonly updated which makes sense to me. I note you are using a very antiquated method of updating (legacy Greenbone CE method). It’s all Docker commands now - not Bash shell apt…

rooter@red:/home/hooter# cd /root/greenbone-community-container/                                                                                                 
rooter@red:~/greenbone-community-container# docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -p greenbone-community-edition pull notus-data vulnerability-tests scap-data dfn-cert-data cert-bund-data report-formats data-objects
rooter@red:~/greenbone-community-container# docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -p greenbone-community-edition up -d notus-data vulnerability-tests scap-data dfn-cert-data cert-bund-data report-formats data-objects

All feed components are deployed on a daily basis currently. This does not mean, that they all have new content every day.

We still support bash-commands. The data images containing the Greenbone Community Feed only work “per default” with the Community Containers. When using source build or else, you probably need to run the sync-script! (e.g. the new python based one)

@gdutt You are running some GSA in Version 7, which is from 2019. We will not and can not support you in this case. As mentioned by @rippledj please update your installation - you probably best go with a complete new installation!

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@bitpilot thanks for the update. Iam able to update the same.

Thanks
G

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