Re: New VA Modules: OpenVAS: 26, MSF: 1, Nessus: 638

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:02:02AM -0700, New VA Module Alert Service wrote:
> == Metasploit modules (1) ==
>
> r12638 
> http://metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/scada/igss9_igssdataserver_listall.rb
> 7-Technologies IGSS <= v9.00.00 b11063 IGSSdataServer.exe Stack Overflow
>
> == Nessus plugins (638) ==

This wasn't a giant burst of activity by Tenable.  What actually
happened was that we added an IPv6 address to the server on May 6 and
the Nessus DRM system went berserk, thinking it was now a different
machine and the installation code was unauthorized.  The updater
refused to function and we finally had to re-register the feed from
scratch.  Now it is happy and working again until the next time we
make a small configuration change to the server.

I'm not trying to criticize Tenable or Nessus here, but the incident
does serve as a nice reminder of the sort of proprietary software
frustrations that Nmap users never need to deal with.

Cheers,
Fyodor
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