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RE: nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability?
From: "Harshul Nayak" <harshul.nayak () patni com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:02:22 +0530
Hi cissper, many of the nessus plugins are written using NASL, and each nessus plugin is assigned a unique nessus id.. when a test is conducted using Nessus , a temporary file get generated in the "temp" or "/tmp" folder.. u can use it as reference to know which ".nasl" file was called and for which vulnerability ;) regs Harshul -----Original Message----- From: cissper [mailto:cissper () yahoo com au] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:54 AM To: pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability? Hi all One of my favourite general purpose scanner is nessus for obvious reasons. However, I do struggle with the interpretation and evaluation of the results: After the scan, I use the report function to generate a HTML type report. The vulnerabilities listed in that report are not associated with the plug-in's that detected them in the first place. How can I possible know which plug-in detected which vulnerability? I need to validate the identified vulnerabilities in order to eliminate false positives, therefore I would like to know which script was used to identify a certain vulnerability. One simple example: nessus reports that a DNS zone transfer was possible. However, when I try to manually perform a zone transfer, I am not able to do so! The conclusion would be a false positive - but - maybe the script is using a more sophisticated approach and is successful! The next step would be to look at the plug' in which detected the vulnerability in the first place - and I don't know which one it is. Any ideas guys? Thank you for your help. Kind regards, cissper --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free trial: Astaro Security Linux -- firewall with Spam/Virus Protection Protect your network with the comprehensive security solution that integrates six applications for ease of use and lower TCO. Firewall - Virus protection - Spam protection - URL blocking - VPN - Wireless security. Download 30-day evaluation at: http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/Astaro_pen-test_040219 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free trial: Astaro Security Linux -- firewall with Spam/Virus Protection Protect your network with the comprehensive security solution that integrates six applications for ease of use and lower TCO. Firewall - Virus protection - Spam protection - URL blocking - VPN - Wireless security. Download 30-day evaluation at: http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/Astaro_pen-test_040219 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability? cissper (Feb 22)
- Re: nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability? Javier Fernandez-Sanguino (Feb 24)
- RE: nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability? Pete Herzog (Feb 24)
- RE: nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability? Harshul Nayak (Feb 24)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability? MARTIN M. Bénoni (Feb 24)
- RE: nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability? Vaccare, Anthony (Feb 24)
- RE: nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability? cissper (Feb 25)
- RE: nessus which plug'in reports which vulnerability? Vaccare, Anthony (Feb 25)