jpike at itsfac
Aug 27, 2004, 11:12 AM
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issues with local security checks
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Greetings,
I've spent some time trying to get the local security checks to work
with nessus 2.1.2. My nessus server/client is a RedHat 8.0 with nessus
2.1.2 (including nasl and libnessus) and SSL is enabled. I'm attempting
to run the local security checks on both the Red Hat box and a Solaris 8
box I have. Neither have been patched of lately, so there definitely
should be some hits on the local security checks. Details of both
follow.
Nessus settings selected:
- Plugins (Solaris Local Security Checks or Red Hat Local
Security Checks)
- Enable Dependencies at Runtime
- Enable expirimental Scripts
- Thorough Tests
- Reporting (Verbose, Paranoid)
- Log Verbosity (Debug 0)
For the Solaris box I get an SSH info message stating:
It was possible to log into the remote host using the supplied asymetric
keys;The output of 'uname -a is ;: SunOS unknown 5.8 Generic 108528-23
sunru sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100;; Local security checks have been enabled
for this host. According to nessusd.messages, all of the Soiaris
plugins get run against it. I know for a that many of the patches the
plugins check for are not on my system. Is there any reason that these
are not reported, or maybe am I doing something wrong.
For the RedHat Box I get the follwing SSH info:
It was possible to log into the remote host using the supplied asymetric
keys;The output of "uname -a" is: Linux pikelinux 2.4.18-14 #1 Wed Sep
4 13:35:50 EDT2002 i686 8686 8386 GUN/Linux. The remote linux
distribution is not supported, therfore local security checks have not
been enabled.
Any help or guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff
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