OpanVAS scans freezes

[nicci]

Hi,

I've started a scan (254 IPs) about 15 hours ago and it seems to freeze at 2% actualy it feels more like it's paused but it isn't.
Everything still works (I can access all functionalities via the webinterface (GSA) I can even see the current status results of the scan.

But when I check the "performance" (under the "Extras" menu) I see a load of barely 0.3 (in the last 15 minutes)

Fallback Report

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Load average for past minute: 0.4
Load average for past 5 minutes: 0.3
Load average for past 15 minutes: 0.3

/proc/meminfo:

MemTotal: 949492 kB
MemFree: 44028 kB
MemAvailable: 98844 kB
Buffers: 2616 kB
Cached: 60440 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 835144 kB
Inactive: 27408 kB
Active(anon): 799672 kB
Inactive(anon): 3148 kB
Active(file): 35472 kB
Inactive(file): 24260 kB
Unevictable: 16 kB
Mlocked: 16 kB
SwapTotal: 0 kB
SwapFree: 0 kB
Dirty: 92 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 799520 kB
Mapped: 38244 kB
Shmem: 3324 kB
Slab: 22648 kB
SReclaimable: 9640 kB
SUnreclaim: 13008 kB
KernelStack: 2224 kB
PageTables: 5812 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 474744 kB
Committed_AS: 1816392 kB
VmallocTotal: 1105920 kB
VmallocUsed: 4876 kB
VmallocChunk: 865636 kB

Anyone facing the same and/or has a solution?

regards,
Nicci

[nicci]

Update:

After canceling and deleteing the above scan I can't run any new scans anymore.
I can create new scans but when trying to run them nothing happens. (endlessly loading the page)
restarting openvas or restarting Kali does not fix it

[sil3ntcor3]

I'm having the same issue. Would love some help figuring out what the issue is.

[steorra]

I'm having exactly the same issue myself :/

[Zloi42]

Hi all!
I'm having the same issue
and openvasmd --rebuild works so long...
I try reinstall openvas, but it's not help

[nicci]

Is there anybody who could help resolving this issue?

[Crash]

Hi Guys!

So, my suggestions is:

Save your work.
Remove openvas using apt-get and re-install .

And avoid to scan large ranges, split that and execute the parts separately.
I past I has the same problem, and this steps worked fine for me.

I think that openvas not is able to manipulate large data(if you have many bugs or stuff) this time.

[tatooin]

Hello,

I've had exactly the same problem with latest kali version. Whenever you perform some active scans tasks on a regular basis, at some point of time openvas get stuck and you cannot restart or start any tasks. The issue is related to redis, which for some reason is shipped in kali with a configuration file not openvas-friendly.

To fix the issue you need to:
1) Stop redis-server and openvas
2) Remove dump.rdb file if any
3) Edit /etc/redis/redis.conf
4) Comment out all lines starting by "save"; like "save 900 1"
5) Save the redis config file, and restart everything

Now you should be able to get back to work and resume your scans normally...

Hope this helps

[retovell]

Hello,

Regarding this issue, I seemed to have success building OpenVAS using the following steps:

1. apt-get install openvas*
2. openvas-setup
3. openvas-stop

4. service redis-server stop
5. rm /var/lib/redis/dump.rdb
6. vi /etc/redis/redis.conf
a. Comment out all lines starting by "save"; like "save 900 1"
7. service redis-server start

8. rm /var/lib/openvas/mgr/tasks.db
9. openvas-start
10. openvasmd --update --progress
11. openvasmd --rebuild --progress

12. openvas-check-setup
13. openvasmd --create-user=<username> --role Admin

Some of these may be unnecessary steps, OpenVAS is now working for me.

[Wilster]

Hello,

Regarding this issue, I seemed to have success building OpenVAS using the following steps:

1. apt-get install openvas*
2. openvas-setup
3. openvas-stop

4. service redis-server stop
5. rm /var/lib/redis/dump.rdb
6. vi /etc/redis/redis.conf
a. Comment out all lines starting by "save"; like "save 900 1"
7. service redis-server start

8. rm /var/lib/openvas/mgr/tasks.db
9. openvas-start
10. openvasmd --update --progress
11. openvasmd --rebuild --progress

12. openvas-check-setup
13. openvasmd --create-user=<username> --role Admin

Some of these may be unnecessary steps, OpenVAS is now working for me.

I got as far as (10). and it is still going "updating NVT cache", been this way for over 9 hours!

how long does / did it take when you fixed it?

Thanks

[Wilster]

I got as far as (10). and it is still going "updating NVT cache", been this way for over 9 hours!

how long does / did it take when you fixed it?

Thanks

got it sorted, just reinstalled it