On Dienstag, 30. Juni 2015, Public Account wrote:
> Then, as Timo suggested:
> rm /usr/local/var/lib/openvas/scap-data/scap.db
> /usr/local/sbin/openvas-scapdata-sync
> 
> Again same version (201506240629) but this time the CVE is there !! Bingo!
> 
> So, some questions arise:
> - Any clue why this could happen?

not really ;-)


> - Any clue about how to detect there's a problem in the db (before
> discovering you are missing a CVE)?

I am unsure whether it was a detectable problem. Maybe the db was correct
as such, just using some wrong assumption about timestamps.


> - It's a good policy to, once a month for example, delete scap.db and
> resync?

Not in my opinion. One the one hand I've not seen similar problems and on
the other hand we won't find out easily about a problem with such a workaround.


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