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OpenVAS Scanner v6.0.1

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@jjnicola jjnicola released this 17 Jul 10:48
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This is the first patch release of the openvas-scanner module 6.0 for the
Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) framework.

Main changes compared to openvas-scanner 6.0.0:

  • An issue which caused the scanner to crash when a plugin is missing
    during a scan has been addressed.
  • An issue which caused a plugin to hang in nasl_pread() has been addressed.
  • Lower-case format is used for values added from add_host_name().
  • Do not launch the scan if the nvticache is corrupted or an error is detected
    during the plugin schedule process.
  • Issues in building process have been addressed.
  • An issue which caused the manager to consider a scan as finished when it was
    actually stopped has been addressed.
  • An issue which caused possible null IP values in OTP results has been
    addressed.
  • An issue which caused forgotten children of children processes has been
    addressed.
  • The unfinished Advanced log feature has been removed.
  • An issue which caused a plugin to finished immediately when a wrong
    custom timeout was sent from the manager has been addressed.
  • An issue which caused a scan to hang for ever if there was no redis kb
    available has been addressed.
  • An issue which caused a plugin to use the default port when a custom port
    is given has been addressed.