Nessus 3.0.3, 2.2.8

Tools

Nessus 3.0系、2.2系の新バージョンが出ています。同時にNessusClient 1.0.0.RC5もリリースされています。
Nessus 2.2.8はバグ修正のみのようですね。

Nessus 2.2.8 has been released today. This version fixes the following problems:

  • nessusd crashing in the middle of a scan due to a one byte memory overwrite issue
  • plugins of type ACT_INIT and ACT_SETTINGS would not always be enabled
  • nasl using huge amounts of memory when executing a script mis-using the 'split()' function

Nessus 3.0.3はバグ修正と機能改善が行われ、WindowsとSolaris用のバイナリもリリースされています。

Nessus 3.0.3 fixes several bugs and adds some enhancements over Nessus 3.0.2 and adds support for the Microsoft Windows and Sun Solaris operating systems.

This release contains the following fixes and improvements :

  • nessusd would stop in a middle of a scan if the log file is bigger than 2 gigabytes
  • nessusd would stop in a middle of a scan due to a hard to trigger one-byte memory overwrite issue
  • ping/packet forgery would fail when scanning a network over a NIC which was not enabled when nessusd initially started up
  • performance problems would arise when reading/writing KB files when scanning big networks
  • nasl -T - script.nasl now makes script debugging easier
  • Slightly faster initial plugins processing
  • More robust plugins database backend
  • On Mac OS X, users can be managed graphically thru the Nessus Server Manager program
  • Updated the plugins distributed with the archive