Re: Results Differ Between Unix & Windows Nessus

On Jun 16, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Sicklick, John (Mission Systems) wrote:
> Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why scans performed against the  
> same Linux (RHEL 4) platform using both the Windows & Unix versions  
> of Nessus 3 provide different results?
...
> The biggest concern is that Linux identified 5 High vulnerabilities  
> while the Windows version did not identify any.  The high  
> vulnerabilities identified all related to updates to RH RPMs.  As  
> far as I can tell the same audit options were specified for both  
> Nessus versions.

Just a stab in the dark, but perhaps it's because you're scanning the  
Linux platform where Nessus is installed and aren't doing a  
credentialed scan. In this case, Nessus on the Linux box will still be  
able to generate a list of RPMs installed and report problems while  
Nessus on the Windows box won't be able to.

If that's not right, you'll probably ought to provide some details;  
eg, exactly how the results differ, network setup, scan configuration,  
etc.


George
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theall@tenablesecurity.com



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