GVM? (or OpenVAS?)

• Greenbone Vulnerability Manager(GVM, a.k.a OpenVAS). OpenVAS is a fork of Nessus.

Install GVM

1. How to install OpenVAS on Kali: sudo apt install openvas

2. tried gvm-setup, but Error occured:

   $ sudo gvm-setup                
   
   [>] Starting PostgreSQL service
   [-] ERROR: The default PostgreSQL version (15) is not 16 that is required by libgvmd
   [-] ERROR: Use pg_upgradecluster to update your PostgreSQL cluster
   

3. solve the problem

   $ psql --version                                                   
   psql (PostgreSQL) 16.0 (Debian 16.0-2)
   

   $ sudo vi /etc/postgresql/15/main/postgresql.conf
   ...
   port = 5433 # it was 5432
   ...
   

   and then,

   $ sudo vi /etc/postgresql/16/main/postgresql.conf
   ...
   port = 5432 # it was 5433
   ...
   

   finally, restart postgresql

   $ sudo service postgresql restart
   $ sudo service postgresql status
   

4. restart gvm-setup

   $ sudo gvm-setup
   $ sudo gvm-check-setup
   $ sudo gvm-start  
   

5. Access the web interface

• visit https://localhost:9392 (or https://localhost:9392/login)

6. etc.

• run sudo gvm-stop if you want to stop it
• run $ sudo -E -u _gvm -g _gvm gvmd --user=admin --new-password=<new passwd> to change the password. In this case, run $ id _gym first to check if there are a user and a group named _gym exist.

ref

• https://www.linuxfordevices.com/tutorials/kali-linux/install-openvas
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67203580/installing-openvas-on-kali-debian-problem-with-postgresql-version
• https://forum.greenbone.net/t/reset-admin-password/4041/11