Haven't worked with AIX since ver 4(ish) but I think there were some specific issues with either HACMP or maybe SNMP and nessus. Anything about this server that is different from the others?
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:06 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: nessus crashes AIX > > >Hi, > >When I've tested our AIX 5.1 server with nessus 2.2, it >started to slow down (maximum processor usage, and IO usage) >and twenty minutes later it stopped responding. After the >reboot, we found out that the system crashed because of the >swap space was full, so this is like a memory leak or an >unwanted DoS attack triggered by Nessus. > >We investigated the problem, and found out that the only tests >that can cause the crash is: > >rpc_portmap.nasl, or >find_service.nes > >The interesting thing here is that we already scanned a lot of >other AIX 5.1 servers without errors (using nessus 2.0, and >also 2.2). This is the only system which we have troubles with. > >Has anyone experienced such problems with AIX before? Is there >any way to find out what the problem was (we don't want to >crash the server anymore)? > >Any help would be appriciated. > >-- >Szilard > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >_______________________________________________ >Nessus mailing list >[email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message contains information which is privileged and confidential and is solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please destroy it immediately and notify us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
