Hint: How to compare the current used versions of the OpenVAS/GVM packages with the GVM-9 stable release?

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Thank you for the clarification.

I regret to say I don’t know how “to compare the current used versions of the OpenVAS/GVM packages with the GVM-9 stable release”. Can you elaborate?

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This really depends on the linux distribution you are using. The tools to use for debian based distributions are e.g. dpkg -l and apt show

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While the package manager (if not build from source) is the easier way some basic checks can be done when calling the binaries of each components:

Note: Append sudo to each command if you’re not root and have configured sudo.

Note2: The version of openvas-smb needs to be extracted from your package manager or source code installation folders.

<= GVM-9

gsad --version (Greenbone Security Assistant)

openvasmd --version (OpenVAS Manager)

openvassd --version (OpenVAS Scanner)

openvas-nasl --version --debug-tls=1 (Version of openvas-libaries as well as some additional used external libraries)

GVM-10+

gsad --version (Greenbone Security Assistant)

gvmd --version (Greenbone Vulnerability Manager)

openvassd --version (OpenVAS Scanner)

openvas-nasl --version --debug-tls=1 (Version of gvm-libs as well as some additional used external libraries)

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