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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0004967Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2019-09-04 12:37
Reportertjb Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionopen 
Product Version2018.3 
Summary0004967: openvassd SIGSEGV
Description

Openvas scans stop at 1% complete, openvas-scanner log shows the following:

SIGSEGV occured !
openvassd: Serving /var/run/openvassd.sock(sighand_segv+0x81)[0x5595242fce11]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x35fc0)[0x7fced8f95fc0]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x3a850)[0x7fced8f9a850]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopenvas_base.so.9(nvticache_get_category+0x30)[0x7fced97f2050]
openvassd: Serving /var/run/openvassd.sock(plugins_scheduler_init+0x68)[0x5595242fba28]
openvassd: Serving /var/run/openvassd.sock(attack_network+0x239)[0x5595242f6499]
openvassd: Serving /var/run/openvassd.sock(+0xb4cc)[0x5595242f94cc]
openvassd: Serving /var/run/openvassd.sock(create_process+0xb7)[0x5595242fcbe7]
openvassd: Serving /var/run/openvassd.sock(+0xbf80)[0x5595242f9f80]
openvassd: Serving /var/run/openvassd.sock(main+0x37f)[0x5595242f50cf]
[Sun Sep 9 03:57:36 2018][7827] Received the Terminated signal

Activities

tjb

tjb

2018-10-23 01:48

reporter   ~0009827

The openvas-scanner version is 5.1.3-2

I've tried downloading the scanner source code from the openvas site and building it, and hit the same issue. As part of that process, I removed all of the vulnerability data, re-fetched it, and rebuilt the cache.

tjb

tjb

2018-10-23 01:50

reporter   ~0009828

For me, this is not a minor issue, as it makes openvas completely unusable.
I have access to previous scan reports only.

tjb

tjb

2018-11-26 01:44

reporter   ~0009994

I found a workaround or solution, which pointed me to redis as the issue.

Solution is run:
redis-cli -s /var/run/redis-openvas/redis-server.sock flushall

I then restarted redis, not sure if that is necessary, and openvas is running normally.

fearx135

fearx135

2018-11-27 23:58

reporter   ~0010027

According to the greenbone site (https://community.greenbone.net/t/community-feed-unusable/132/7) the issue occurs for an because there is a problem in the openvas 5.1.3 scanner, they already fixed the issue and needs to be compiled for Kali:

https://github.com/greenbone/openvas-scanner/pull/155/files (bug fix)
https://github.com/greenbone/openvas-scanner/releases/tag/v5.1.3 (update)

rhertzog

rhertzog

2018-11-28 07:50

administrator   ~0010029

@fearx135 I believe that this is not the same issue. We do already have 5.1.3 in Kali. And i checked that the patch that you pointed is part of the 5.1.3 release that is already packaged.

kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2019-03-16 08:18

reporter   ~0010424

Could be related:

https://github.com/greenbone/openvas-scanner/issues/166#issuecomment-425028711

g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2019-09-04 12:37

administrator   ~0011019

Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling <= 2018.4), these legacy versions are no longer supported.
We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2018-09-09 04:02 tjb New Issue
2018-10-23 01:48 tjb Note Added: 0009827
2018-10-23 01:50 tjb Note Added: 0009828
2018-11-26 01:44 tjb Note Added: 0009994
2018-11-27 23:58 fearx135 Note Added: 0010027
2018-11-28 07:50 rhertzog Note Added: 0010029
2019-03-16 08:18 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0010424
2019-09-04 12:37 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0011019
2019-09-04 12:37 g0tmi1k Status new => closed