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Hi all,

I’m scanning an Ubuntu host authenticated with SSH, there was an exception occurred as shown in the following logs and the task status is stuck at 100%:

ospd-openvas log:

OSPD[44] 2022-10-26 12:20:42,693: WARNING: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Invalid VT oid 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2022.5570.1 for a result
OSPD[44] 2022-10-26 12:20:44,302: INFO: (ospd.ospd) 21f0eb1a-1662-49ba-b0b7-b71c854d78a5: Host scan finished.
OSPD[44] 2022-10-26 12:20:44,305: INFO: (ospd.ospd) 21f0eb1a-1662-49ba-b0b7-b71c854d78a5: Scan finished.

gvmd log:

event task:MESSAGE:2022-10-26 11h54.06 UTC:1055: Status of task 19474 - ydZHAz (170e8f6d-30af-4cef-9a6f-a172afd3af37) has changed to Queued
event task:MESSAGE:2022-10-26 11h54.16 UTC:1055: Status of task 19474 - ydZHAz (170e8f6d-30af-4cef-9a6f-a172afd3af37) has changed to Running
md manage:WARNING:2022-10-26 12h20.45 UTC:1055: sql_exec_internal: PQexec failed: ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type real: "None"
LINE 1: ....3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2020.4616.1',         '', 'None', 'A...
                                                             ^
 (7)
md manage:WARNING:2022-10-26 12h20.45 UTC:1055: sql_exec_internal: SQL: INSERT into results (owner, date, task, host, hostname, port, nvt,  nvt_version, severity, type, qod, qod_type, description,  path, uuid, result_nvt) VALUES (NULL, m_now(), 1, '10.0.0.1', '', 'package', '1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2020.4616.1',         '', 'None', 'Alarm', 75, '', '
Vulnerable package:   accountsservice
Installed version:    accountsservice-0.6.45-1ubuntu1
Fixed version:      >=accountsservice-0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3

Vulnerable package:   libaccountsservice0
Installed version:    libaccountsservice0-0.6.45-1ubuntu1
Fixed version:      >=libaccountsservice0-0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3
',         'None', make_uuid (),         (SELECT id FROM result_nvts WHERE nvt = '1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2020.4616.1'));
md manage:WARNING:2022-10-26 12h20.45 UTC:1055: sqlv: sql_exec_internal failed
md manage:WARNING:2022-10-26 12h20.45 UTC:1055: manage_cleanup_process_error: Error exit, setting running task to Interrupted
md manage:WARNING:2022-10-26 12h20.45 UTC:1055: sql_exec_internal: PQexec failed: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
 (7)
md manage:WARNING:2022-10-26 12h20.45 UTC:1055: sql_exec_internal: SQL: UPDATE reports SET scan_run_status = 13 WHERE id = 1;
md manage:WARNING:2022-10-26 12h20.45 UTC:1055: sqlv: sql_exec_internal failed

Maybe there is a problem in notus VT update, but I think it is better to handle the exception so that the task can be properly stopped.

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Notus VTs update failed because I used a wrong option name in ospd-openvas config file: notus-feed-dir instead of notus_feed_dir.

I’m not sure why we have to use different option name in command line and config file, why we don’t use the same likes in the notus-scanner.

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It is usually better to report such code related issues directly to the github issue trackers (as e.g. already pointed out in Ospd Exception too many values to unpack (expected 9) while scanning - #2 by jjnicola).

In this specific case the best place would be Issues · greenbone/gvmd · GitHub and if it is turning out that a different component is responsible for it the issue could be moved

Without a github issue this could be missed by the responsible team working on the affected component in question

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Yeah. I’ll try to open an issue on github later.

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Hi,

I opened an issue for this in gvmd Github repository a few days ago, but my new Github account has been suspended “due to a violation of Github Terms of Service” with this very first issue and the issue is disappeared from Github.