Dear All,
I am making my first steps in vulnerability testing. I installed OpenVAS9 inside a docker container using maiksplain/openvas image. It is running on Ubuntu 18.04.
When I applied the setup check almost everything gives OK except the following warnings:
tep 1: Checking OpenVAS Scanner …
ERROR: OpenVAS Scanner too old or too new: 5.1.2
FIX: Please install OpenVAS Scanner 5.0.
HINT: Please see the --v6/7/8/9 command line options to check other major versions.
ERROR: Your OpenVAS-8 installation is not yet complete!
Please follow the instructions marked with FIX above and run this
script again.
If you think this result is wrong, please report your observation
and help us to improve this check routine:
http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
Please attach the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help us analyze the problem.
root@7bdea11a30cb:/# ./openvas-check-setup --v9
openvas-check-setup 2.3.7
Test completeness and readiness of OpenVAS-9
Please report us any non-detected problems and
help us to improve this check routine:
http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
Send us the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help analyze the problem.
Use the parameter --server to skip checks for client tools
like GSD and OpenVAS-CLI.
Step 1: Checking OpenVAS Scanner …
OK: OpenVAS Scanner is present in version 5.1.2.
OK: redis-server is present in version v=3.0.6.
OK: scanner (kb_location setting) is configured properly using the redis-server socket: /var/run/redis/redis.sock
OK: redis-server is running and listening on socket: /var/run/redis/redis.sock.
OK: redis-server configuration is OK and redis-server is running.
OK: NVT collection in /var/lib/openvas/plugins contains 46995 NVTs.
WARNING: Signature checking of NVTs is not enabled in OpenVAS Scanner.
SUGGEST: Enable signature checking (see http://www.openvas.org/trusted-nvts.html).
WARNING: The initial NVT cache has not yet been generated.
SUGGEST: Start OpenVAS Scanner for the first time to generate the cache.
Step 2: Checking OpenVAS Manager …
OK: OpenVAS Manager is present in version 7.0.3.
OK: OpenVAS Manager database found in /var/lib/openvas/mgr/tasks.db.
OK: Access rights for the OpenVAS Manager database are correct.
OK: sqlite3 found, extended checks of the OpenVAS Manager installation enabled.
OK: OpenVAS Manager database is at revision 184.
OK: OpenVAS Manager expects database at revision 184.
OK: Database schema is up to date.
OK: OpenVAS Manager database contains information about 46995 NVTs.
OK: At least one user exists.
OK: OpenVAS SCAP database found in /var/lib/openvas/scap-data/scap.db.
OK: OpenVAS CERT database found in /var/lib/openvas/cert-data/cert.db.
OK: xsltproc found.
Step 3: Checking user configuration …
WARNING: Your password policy is empty.
SUGGEST: Edit the /etc/openvas/pwpolicy.conf file to set a password policy.
Step 4: Checking Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) …
OK: Greenbone Security Assistant is present in version 7.0.3.
OK: Your OpenVAS certificate infrastructure passed validation.
Step 5: Checking OpenVAS CLI …
OK: OpenVAS CLI version 1.4.5.
Step 6: Checking Greenbone Security Desktop (GSD) …
SKIP: Skipping check for Greenbone Security Desktop.
Step 7: Checking if OpenVAS services are up and running …
OK: netstat found, extended checks of the OpenVAS services enabled.
OK: OpenVAS Scanner is running and listening on a Unix domain socket.
OK: OpenVAS Manager is running and listening on all interfaces.
OK: Greenbone Security Assistant is running and listening on all interfaces.
OK: Greenbone Security Assistant is listening on port 443, which is the default port.
Step 8: Checking nmap installation …
WARNING: Your version of nmap is not fully supported: 7.01
SUGGEST: You should install nmap 5.51 if you plan to use the nmap NSE NVTs.
Step 10: Checking presence of optional tools …
OK: pdflatex found.
OK: PDF generation successful. The PDF report format is likely to work.
OK: ssh-keygen found, LSC credential generation for GNU/Linux targets is likely to work.
OK: rpm found, LSC credential package generation for RPM based targets is likely to work.
OK: alien found, LSC credential package generation for DEB based targets is likely to work.
OK: nsis found, LSC credential package generation for Microsoft Windows targets is likely to work.
It seems like your OpenVAS-9 installation is OK.
If you think it is not OK, please report your observation
and help us to improve this check routine:
http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
Please attach the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help us analyze the problem.
So, the only thing I find a bit weird is that first is checks for Openvas 8 which fails and than when I specify a version(9) is good.
I am trying to test devices on test network which has Internet as well. I can ping the targets, so I suppose the connection is okay. When I am trying to perform I test I have 2 types of problems.
- The task is running for quite some time and than returns severity not applicable and 0 test results
- The task never changes status to DONE.
I can perform only discovery, which gives a log.
I have no idea what could the problem be or how to debug it.
Any help will be SO SO SO much appreciated!!! 
Thanks,
Vanina