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Good morning!

Updated kali today and found GVM dead afterwards.

└─# gvm-check-setup
gvm-check-setup 23.11.0
Test completeness and readiness of GVM-23.11.0
Step 1: Checking OpenVAS (Scanner)…
OK: OpenVAS Scanner is present in version 22.7.9.
OK: Notus Scanner is present in version 22.6.2.
OK: Server CA Certificate is present as /var/lib/gvm/CA/servercert.pem.
Checking permissions of /var/lib/openvas/gnupg/*
OK: _gvm owns all files in /var/lib/openvas/gnupg
OK: redis-server is present.
OK: scanner (db_address setting) is configured properly using the redis-server socket: /var/run/redis-openvas/redis-server.sock
OK: the mqtt_server_uri is defined in /etc/openvas/openvas.conf
OK: _gvm owns all files in /var/lib/openvas/plugins
OK: NVT collection in /var/lib/openvas/plugins contains 90175 NVTs.
OK: The notus directory /var/lib/notus/products contains 456 NVTs.
Checking that the obsolete redis database has been removed
Could not connect to Redis at /var/run/redis-openvas/redis-server.sock: No such file or directory
OK: No old Redis DB
Starting ospd-openvas service
Job for ospd-openvas.service failed because the service did not take the steps required by its unit configuration.
See “systemctl status ospd-openvas.service” and “journalctl -xeu ospd-openvas.service” for details.
Waiting for ospd-openvas service
ERROR: ospd-openvas service did not start.
Please check journalctl -xe

ERROR: Your GVM-23.11.0 installation is not yet complete!

Please follow the instructions marked with FIX above and run this
script again.

journalctl -xeu ospd-openvas.service

░░ The job identifier is 1770 and the job result is failed.
Apr 19 08:29:20 kali systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
░░ Subject: Automatic restarting of a unit has been scheduled
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: Debian -- User Support
░░
░░ Automatic restarting of the unit ospd-openvas.service has been scheduled, as the result for
░░ the configured Restart= setting for the unit.
Apr 19 08:29:20 kali systemd[1]: Starting ospd-openvas.service - OSPd Wrapper for the OpenVAS Scanner (ospd-openvas)…
░░ Subject: A start job for unit ospd-openvas.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: Debian -- User Support
░░
░░ A start job for unit ospd-openvas.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 1981.
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: File “/usr/bin/ospd-openvas”, line 8, in
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: sys.exit(main())
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: ^^^^^^
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd_openvas/daemon.py”, line 1245, in main
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: daemon_main(‘OSPD - openvas’, OSPDopenvas, NotusParser())
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd/main.py”, line 152, in main
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: daemon.init(server)
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd_openvas/daemon.py”, line 501, in init
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: client = MQTTClient(
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: ^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd_openvas/messaging/mqtt.py”, line 39, in init
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: super().init(client_id=client_id, protocol=mqtt.MQTTv5)
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: TypeError: Client.init() missing 1 required positional argument: ‘callback_api_version’
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: Exception ignored in atexit callback: <function exit_cleanup at 0xffff84f10f40>
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd/main.py”, line 74, in exit_cleanup
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: sys.exit()
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: SystemExit:
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: Exception ignored in: <function Client.del at 0xffff83320cc0>
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 874, in del
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: self._reset_sockets()
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 1133, in _reset_sockets
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: self._sock_close()
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 1119, in _sock_close
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: if not self._sock:
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: ^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali ospd-openvas[2419]: AttributeError: ‘MQTTClient’ object has no attribute ‘_sock’
Apr 19 08:29:21 kali systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: Can’t open PID file /run/ospd/ospd-openvas.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory
Apr 19 08:30:51 kali systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
Apr 19 08:30:51 kali systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: Failed with result ‘timeout’.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: Debian -- User Support
░░
░░ The unit ospd-openvas.service has entered the ‘failed’ state with result ‘timeout’.
Apr 19 08:30:51 kali systemd[1]: Failed to start ospd-openvas.service - OSPd Wrapper for the OpenVAS Scanner (ospd-openvas).
░░ Subject: A start job for unit ospd-openvas.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: Debian -- User Support
░░
░░ A start job for unit ospd-openvas.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 1981 and the job result is failed.

I completely removed GVM from the box and reinstalled it, no change

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Hi, sadly Kali updated the package python3-paho-mqtt to a version greater then 2.0. paho-mqtt 2.0 is currently not supported by notus-scanner. This would require a new release of notus-scanner or for Kali to downgrade the package version of python3-paho-mqtt.

You should report this issue at https://bugs.kali.org

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Do you happen to know if other Distros still work. Aka Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, etc?

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I am not aware of any other distribution shipping our software in a current version.

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Hello All,
I am trying to install gvm on kali linux machine. I have tried few times with fresh installs and each time I get stuck on “gvm-check-setup” with following error.
“Job for ospd-openvas.service failed because a timeout was exceeded.
See “systemctl status ospd-openvas.service” and “journalctl -xeu ospd-openvas.service” for details.”
Here are the deatils of the commands mentioned in the error.

"journalctl -xe
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: client = MQTTClient(
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: ^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/notus/scanner/messaging/mqtt.py”, line 35, in init
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: super().init(client_id=client_id, protocol=mqtt.MQTTv5)
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: TypeError: Client.init() missing 1 required positional argument: ‘callback_api_version’
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: Exception ignored in atexit callback: <function exit_cleanup at 0x7ff85c0bec00>
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/notus/scanner/utils.py”, line 104, in exit_cleanup
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: sys.exit()
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: SystemExit:
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: Exception ignored in: <function Client.del at 0x7ff85c0ae340>
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 874, in del
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: self._reset_sockets()
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 1133, in _reset_sockets
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: self._sock_close()
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 1119, in _sock_close
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: if not self._sock:
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: ^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali notus-scanner[240447]: AttributeError: ‘MQTTClient’ object has no attribute ‘_sock’
Apr 21 18:55:45 Kali systemd[1]: notus-scanner.service: Can’t open PID file /run/notus-scanner/notus-scanner.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or direc>
Apr 21 18:56:44 Kali systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
Apr 21 18:56:44 Kali systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: Failed with result ‘timeout’.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: Debian -- User Support
░░
░░ The unit ospd-openvas.service has entered the ‘failed’ state with result ‘timeout’.
Apr 21 18:56:44 Kali systemd[1]: Failed to start ospd-openvas.service - OSPd Wrapper for the OpenVAS Scanner (ospd-openvas).
░░ Subject: A start job for unit ospd-openvas.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support:
░░
░░ A start job for unit ospd-openvas.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 30945 and the job result is failed.
Apr 21 18:56:44 Kali systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: Consumed 1.374s CPU time.
░░ Subject: Resources consumed by unit runtime
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: Debian -- User Support
░░
░░ The unit ospd-openvas.service completed and consumed the indicated resources.
lines 1818-1859/1859 (END)
"
Can anyone help please?
Regards

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Hello All,
Just upgraded Kali and GVM won’t start with this error. Anyone else seen this?

Thanks,

Martin.

Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: File “/usr/bin/ospd-openvas”, line 8, in
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: sys.exit(main())
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: ^^^^^^
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd_openvas/daemon.py”, line 1245, in main
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: daemon_main(‘OSPD - openvas’, OSPDopenvas, NotusParser())
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd/main.py”, line 152, in main
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: daemon.init(server)
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd_openvas/daemon.py”, line 501, in init
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: client = MQTTClient(
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: ^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd_openvas/messaging/mqtt.py”, line 39, i>
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: super().init(client_id=client_id, protocol=mqtt.MQTTv5)
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: TypeError: Client.init() missing 1 required positional argument: 'callback_api>
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: Exception ignored in atexit callback: <function exit_cleanup at 0x7f41cececf40>
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ospd/main.py”, line 74, in exit_cleanup
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: sys.exit()
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: SystemExit:
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: Exception ignored in: <function Client.del at 0x7f41cafbce00>
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 874, in del
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: self._reset_sockets()
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 1133, in reset>
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: self._sock_close()
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 1119, in _sock_c>
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: if not self._sock:
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: ^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali ospd-openvas[3497]: AttributeError: ‘MQTTClient’ object has no attribute ‘_sock’
Apr 21 22:27:02 kali systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: Can’t open PID file /run/ospd/ospd-openvas.pid (yet?) after start: N>

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Actually think its connected with this after some googling

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To avoid confusion, it seems the previous postings have been merged into this topic as they had been duplicates for this one.

There seems to be a Kali Bugreport here now:

https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=8729

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The issues are fixed with the following PRs on our side

We will release new versions of ospd-openvas and notus-scanner today which will support both paho-mqtt version 1 and 2. Afterwards the Kali devs have to pick up, package and ship these upcoming releases.

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Hallo, same problem after “apt full-upgrade” on Kali Linux

● ospd-openvas.service - OSPd Wrapper for the OpenVAS Scanner (ospd-openvas)
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ospd-openvas.service; bad; preset: disabled)
Active: activating (start) since Mon 2024-04-22 15:09:17 CEST; 1min 14s ago
Docs: man:ospd-openvas(8)
man:openvas(8)
Process: 4997 ExecStart=/usr/bin/ospd-openvas --config /etc/gvm/ospd-openvas.conf --log-config /etc/gvm/ospd-logging.conf (code=exited, status=0/>
Tasks: 0 (limit: 19178)
Memory: 8.0K (peak: 91.3M)
CPU: 1.016s
CGroup: /system.slice/ospd-openvas.service

Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest ospd-openvas[5001]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest ospd-openvas[5001]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 874, in del
Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest ospd-openvas[5001]: self._reset_sockets()
Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest ospd-openvas[5001]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 1133, in _reset_sockets
Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest ospd-openvas[5001]: self._sock_close()
Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest ospd-openvas[5001]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py”, line 1119, in _sock_close
Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest ospd-openvas[5001]: if not self._sock:
Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest ospd-openvas[5001]: ^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest ospd-openvas[5001]: AttributeError: ‘MQTTClient’ object has no attribute ‘_sock’
Apr 22 15:10:18 pentest systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: Can’t open PID file /run/ospd/ospd-openvas.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory

I’m waiting for new updated pkg on Kali.
Many thanx for your info.

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I am trying to install gvm on a fresh install of Kali 2024.1

I have run:

sudo apt-install update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install gvm
sudo gvm-setup
sudo gvm-check-setup

On the check step of starting ospd-openvas service I get this error:

Job for ospd-openvas.service failed because a timeout was exceeded.
See "systemctl status ospd-openvas.service" and "journalctl -xeu ospd-openvas.service" for details.

Here is the output from ‘systemctl status ospd-openvas.service’ :

Invalid unit name "ospd-openvas.service~" escaped as "ospd-openvas.service\x>
Unit ospd-openvas.service\x7e.service could not be found.

Here is the output from ‘journalctl -xeu ospd-openvas.service’ :

Apr 23 10:51:40 kali ospd-openvas[80853]: AttributeError: 'MQTTClient' object has no attribute '_sock'
Apr 23 10:51:40 kali systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: Can't open PID file /run/ospd/ospd-openvas.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory

Any advice appreciated

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@kapa i’ve moved you message into this topic. Please read this topic for more information about your issue.

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This is worked with me.
https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=8729

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it works for me. Waiting for the official Kali package, fixed with this patch. thank you very much

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This WORKED to resolve the issue I was having. Where Step1 of gvm-check-setup I would get an error that states ERROR: ospd-openvas service did not start. The chmod 666 as mentioned in some other posts did not fix it for me.

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Untill the Kali packages are updated, what works for me:

OpenVAS now works for me again with an updated Kali Linux

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@Muhamedkhalidlx That worked for me. Thanks.

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