OpenVAS
The Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) server is a scanner that runs many network vulnerability tests against many target hosts and delivers the results. It uses a communication protocol to have client tools (graphical end-user or batched) connect to it, configure and execute a scan and finally receive the results for reporting. Tests are implemented in the form of plugins which need to be updated to cover recently identified security issues. The core component is a server with a set of network vulnerability tests (NVTs) to detect security problems in remote systems and applications. The product consists of four modules: openvas-libraries, openvas-libnasl, openvas-server, and openvas-plugins. All need to be installed for a fully functional server. OpenVAS is a fork of Nessus.
| Tags | Security Vulnerability Scanner |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | Linux Solaris |
| Implementation | C Other Scripting Engines |
Recent releases
- 05 Apr 2009 11:53
Changes: A Severity Override Manager has been added, including right-mouse-button actions in the report to override specific severity easily. A new "Extras" menu has been added and collects all "managers": the LSC Credentials Manager, the Severity Override Manager, and the SLAD Install Manager. A bug which caused the client to complain about missing files when starting a scan on a fresh installation has been fixed. A bug which caused OpenVAS-Client not to be placed in the correct menu on certain distributions has been fixed (which is relevant for packagers).
- 30 Oct 2005 22:36
No changes have been submitted for this release.
