On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 11:21:40AM -0400, Rickard, Matthew wrote: > > Nessus can not make the distinction remotely, therefore you'll have to > > see for yourself (ie: is there a core file somewhere ?) > > There aren't any core files left behind. And from a (very) quick look at > the code I don't see anywhere where it would bomb out like that on invalid > input.
maybe the read timeout is too low. Change in your .nessusrc : checks_read_timeout = 5 to checks_read_timeout = 15 and see if it solves the problem.
