I got them to work the other week, though I did get that same W32.Sasser
error that you did when I tried to update today. I re-ran the update and
it worked correctly.
I'm assuming you've installed all the necessary perl modules. You might
want to do a "cpan upgrade" just to make sure you have the latest
version of the modules. I also found it's better to just run the whole
thing as root rather than try and use sudo.
I had to modify a couple of lines as well. Here's my diff between the
original and modified forms of update-nessus-plugins:
< = original
> = updated
161c33
< $ENV{PATH} =
'/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/nessus/bin:/opt/nessu
s/sbin'; # nb: also passed to nessus-update-plugins
---
> $ENV{PATH} =
'/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/nessus/bin'; # nb:
also passed to nessus-update-plugins
290c162
< my $cmd = 'nessus-update-plugins';
---
> my $cmd = '/opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-update-plugins';
352c224,225
< my $cmd = 'describe-nessus-plugin ' .
---
> my $cmd = 'describe-nessus-plugin ' .
> '-f ' . join(',', @info_funcs) . ' ' .
382c255
< open(NEW, $plugin) or croak "Can't read '$plugin' - $!\n";
---
> open(NEW, "$plugins_dir/$plugin") or croak "Can't read
'$plugin' - $!\n";
I'm running RHEL as well, so I think this should work for you as well.
--------
Jeff Mercer - CISO - Security Vulnerability Assessments
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of christopher ashby
>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 11:10 AM
>To: nessus@list.nessus.org
>Subject: Update Nessus Plugins Script
>
>List-
>
>Has anyone successfully implemented these scripts with Nessus? I
>currently have Nessus 3.2.1 on a RH Server and use the command line to
>execute my scans. Here is what happens when I attempt to use these
>scripts:
>
>The 1st script (update-nessus-plugins.pl) executes properly and
>updates the plugins, creates the MD5, and archives everything
>according to plan. When this scripts executes the
>describe-nessus-plugin.pl script, it gives me an error saying that the
>""plugin isn't available??
>
>I have execute this in debug mode, and receive the same generic error.
> If i execute the perl script (describe-nessus-plugin.pl) on it's own,
>it properly gives me the output? I have modified the
>update-nessus-plugin.pl script adding/updating the paths (line161 &
>183) and then modifying lines 352-355 which call the
>describe-nessus-plugins.pl script. This modification was made because
>if i execute the script (describe-nessus-plugins.pl) without any
>switches it's outcome is exactly what i need.
>
>Here is the command i execute in an attempt to get the outcome desired:
>
>sudo perl -T /opt/nessus/auto/update-nessus-plugins.pl -b -p -s >>
>/home/cashby/plugins-report.txt
>
>i have also attempted this with the same outcome:
>
>sudo perl -T /opt/nessus/auto/update-nessus-plugins.pl -bps >>
>/home/cashby/plugins-report.txt
>
>I have attached the scripts for anyone to view, if anyone has any
>suggestions that would be appreciated!
>
>thanks-
>Christopher Ashby
>
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