OPENVAS SCAN with OPENVAS OS 24.10 – User Manual

This is the user manual for OPENVAS SCAN with OPENVAS OPERATING SYSTEM (OPENVAS OS) version 24.10. Due to the numerous functional and other differences between OPENVAS OS 24.10 and previous versions, this user manual should not be used with older versions of OPENVAS OS.

OPENVAS SCAN is under constant development. This user manual attempts to always document the latest software release. It is, however, possible that latest functionalities have not been captured in this user manual.

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• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Vulnerability Management
  • 1.2 OPENVAS SCAN
    • 1.2.1 Components and Field of Application
    • 1.2.2 Types of Scans
    • 1.2.3 Vulnerability Classification and Elimination
• 2 Read Before Use
  • 2.1 Using a Supported OPENVAS OS Version
  • 2.2 Effects on the Scanned Network Environment
  • 2.3 Scanning Through Network Equipment
    • 2.3.1 General Information
    • 2.3.2 Firewall-Specific Information
• 3 OPENVAS SCAN – Overview
  • 3.1 Hardware Appliances
    • 3.1.1 Large Organizations – OPENVAS SCAN 5400/6500
    • 3.1.2 Medium-Sized Organizations and Branches – OPENVAS SCAN 400/450/600/650
    • 3.1.3 Small Organizations and Branches – OPENVAS SCAN 150
    • 3.1.4 Sensor – OPENVAS SCAN 35
  • 3.2 Virtual Appliances
    • 3.2.1 Medium-Sized Organizations and Branches – OPENVAS SCAN DECA/TERA/PETA/EXA
    • 3.2.2 Small Organizations – OPENVAS SCAN CENO
    • 3.2.3 Sensor – OPENVAS SCAN 25V
    • 3.2.4 Entry-Level Solution – OPENVAS BASIC
    • 3.2.5 Entry-Level Solution – OPENVAS SCAN ONE
• 4 Setting up OPENVAS SCAN
  • 4.1 Setup Requirements
    • 4.1.1 OPENVAS SCAN 6500/5400
    • 4.1.2 OPENVAS SCAN 650/600/450/400
    • 4.1.3 OPENVAS SCAN 150
    • 4.1.4 OPENVAS SCAN 35
    • 4.1.5 OPENVAS SCAN DECA/TERA/PETA/EXA
    • 4.1.6 OPENVAS SCAN CENO
    • 4.1.7 OPENVAS SCAN 25V
    • 4.1.8 OPENVAS BASIC
    • 4.1.9 OPENVAS SCAN ONE
  • 4.2 Setting up a Hardware Appliance
    • 4.2.1 Utilizing the Serial Port
    • 4.2.2 Starting the Appliance
  • 4.3 Setting up a Virtual Appliance
    • 4.3.1 Verification of Integrity
    • 4.3.2 Deploying the Appliance
      • 4.3.2.1 VMware vSphere/ESXi
      • 4.3.2.2 Oracle VirtualBox
  • 4.4 Performing a General System Setup
    • 4.4.1 Configuring the Network
    • 4.4.2 Importing or Generating an HTTPS Certificate
    • 4.4.3 Creating a Web Administrator
    • 4.4.4 Entering or Uploading an OPENVAS ENTERPRISE FEED Subscription Key
    • 4.4.5 Downloading the Feed
    • 4.4.6 Finishing the First Setup Wizard
  • 4.5 Logging into the Web Interface
• 5 Upgrading OPENVAS SCAN to the Latest Major Version
  • 5.1 Upgrading the Operating System
  • 5.2 Upgrading the Flash Partition to the Latest Version
  • 5.3 Relogging into the OPENVAS OS Administration Menu After an Upgrade
  • 5.4 Reloading the Web Interface After an Upgrade
  • 5.5 New Features and Changes of Default Behavior
    • 5.5.1 Product Portfolio
    • 5.5.2 Secure Boot
    • 5.5.3 Encrypted Airgap FTP
    • 5.5.4 sshd Configuration Options
    • 5.5.5 Networking Mode
    • 5.5.6 Superuser Password
    • 5.5.7 Web Interface
      • 5.5.7.1 New Design of the Web Interface
      • 5.5.7.2 Configurable Report Formats
      • 5.5.7.3 EPSS Support
      • 5.5.7.4 CVSS v4.0 Support
      • 5.5.7.5 Dedicated Page for Audit Reports
      • 5.5.7.6 Kerberos Credentials
    • 5.5.8 Notus scanner replaced by openvasd
    • 5.5.9 Greenbone Management Protocol (GMP)
• 6 Managing the OPENVAS OPERATING SYSTEM
  • 6.1 General Information
    • 6.1.1 OPENVAS ENTERPRISE FEED Subscription Key
    • 6.1.2 Authorization Concept
      • 6.1.2.1 User-Level Access
      • 6.1.2.2 System-Level Access
    • 6.1.3 Using the OPENVAS OS Administration Menu
  • 6.2 Setup Menu
    • 6.2.1 Managing Users
      • 6.2.1.1 Changing the System Administrator Password
      • 6.2.1.2 Managing Web Users
      • 6.2.1.3 Creating a Web Administrator
      • 6.2.1.4 Enabling a Guest User
      • 6.2.1.5 Creating a Super Administrator
      • 6.2.1.6 Deleting a User Account
      • 6.2.1.7 Limiting the Number of Concurrent Web Sessions
      • 6.2.1.8 Changing a User Password
      • 6.2.1.9 Changing the Password Policy
      • 6.2.1.10 Configuring the Settings for Data Objects
    • 6.2.2 Configuring the Network Settings
      • 6.2.2.1 General Information About Namespaces
      • 6.2.2.2 Switching an Interface to Another Namespace
      • 6.2.2.3 Configuring Network Interfaces
      • 6.2.2.4 Configuring the DNS Server
      • 6.2.2.5 Configuring the Global Gateway
      • 6.2.2.6 Setting the Host Name and the Domain Name
      • 6.2.2.7 Restricting the Management Access
      • 6.2.2.8 Displaying the MAC and IP Addresses and the Network Routes
    • 6.2.3 Configuring a Virtual Private Network (VPN) Connection
      • 6.2.3.1 Setting up a VPN Connection
      • 6.2.3.2 Editing or Deleting a VPN Connection
    • 6.2.4 Configuring Services
      • 6.2.4.1 Configuring HTTPS
      • 6.2.4.2 Configuring the Greenbone Management Protocol (GMP)
      • 6.2.4.3 Configuring the Open Scanner Protocol (OSP)
      • 6.2.4.4 Configuring SSH
      • 6.2.4.5 Configuring SNMP
      • 6.2.4.6 Configuring a Port for the Temporary HTTP Server
    • 6.2.5 Configuring Periodic Backups
      • 6.2.5.1 Enabling Periodic Backups
      • 6.2.5.2 Setting up a Remote Backup Server
    • 6.2.6 Configuring Special Upgrade Settings
      • 6.2.6.1 Adding an Upgrade Key
      • 6.2.6.2 Deleting an Upgrade Key
      • 6.2.6.3 Configuring the Automatic Reboot
    • 6.2.7 Configuring the Feed Synchronization
      • 6.2.7.1 Adding an OPENVAS ENTERPRISE FEED Subscription Key
      • 6.2.7.2 Enabling or Disabling Synchronization
      • 6.2.7.3 Configuring the Synchronization Port
      • 6.2.7.4 Setting the Synchronization Proxy
      • 6.2.7.5 Deleting the OPENVAS ENTERPRISE FEED Subscription Key
    • 6.2.8 Configuring the Appliance as an Airgap Master/Sensor
      • 6.2.8.1 Using the Airgap USB Drive
      • 6.2.8.2 Using the Airgap (S)FTP Server
    • 6.2.9 Configuring the Time Synchronization
    • 6.2.10 Selecting the Keyboard Layout
    • 6.2.11 Configuring the E-Mails Settings
      • 6.2.11.1 Configuring the Mailhub
      • 6.2.11.2 Setting up SMTP
      • 6.2.11.3 Configuring the Size of Included or Attached Reports
    • 6.2.12 Configuring the Collection of Logs
      • 6.2.12.1 Configuring the Logging Server
      • 6.2.12.2 Managing HTTPS Certificates for Logging
    • 6.2.13 Setting the Maintenance Time
  • 6.3 Maintenance Menu
    • 6.3.1 Performing a Self-Check
    • 6.3.2 Performing and Restoring a Backup
      • 6.3.2.1 Incremental Backups
      • 6.3.2.2 USB Backups
    • 6.3.3 Copying Data and Settings to Another Appliance with Beaming
      • 6.3.3.1 Beaming Directly from Another Appliance
      • 6.3.3.2 Beaming via Remote File System
    • 6.3.4 Performing an OPENVAS OS Upgrade
    • 6.3.5 Performing an OPENVAS OS Upgrade on Sensors
    • 6.3.6 Performing a Feed Update
    • 6.3.7 Performing a Feed Update on Sensors
    • 6.3.8 Upgrading the Flash Partition
    • 6.3.9 Shutting down and Rebooting the Appliance
      • 6.3.9.1 Rebooting the Appliance
      • 6.3.9.2 Shutting down the Appliance
  • 6.4 Advanced Menu
    • 6.4.1 Displaying the Log Files of the Appliance
    • 6.4.2 Performing Advanced Administrative Work
      • 6.4.2.1 Managing the Superuser Account
      • 6.4.2.2 Generating and Downloading a Support Package
      • 6.4.2.3 Accessing the Shell
    • 6.4.3 Displaying the OPENVAS ENTERPRISE FEED Subscription Key
    • 6.4.4 Displaying the Copyright and License Information
  • 6.5 Displaying Information about the Appliance
• 7 Getting to Know the Web Interface
  • 7.1 Logging into the Web Interface
  • 7.2 Using Dashboards
    • 7.2.1 Adding a Dashboard Display
    • 7.2.2 Deleting a Dashboard Display
    • 7.2.3 Editing a Dashboard Display
    • 7.2.4 Organizing Dashboards Displays
      • 7.2.4.1 Adding a New Dashboard
      • 7.2.4.2 Editing a Dashboard
      • 7.2.4.3 Deleting a Dashboard
  • 7.3 Filtering the Page Content
    • 7.3.1 Using the Filter Bar
    • 7.3.2 Creating a Filter on the Filters Page
    • 7.3.3 Filter Expressions
      • 7.3.3.1 Global Keywords
      • 7.3.3.2 Filter Operators
      • 7.3.3.3 Text Phrases
      • 7.3.3.4 Time Specifications
    • 7.3.4 Examples for Filters Expressions
    • 7.3.5 Managing Filters
  • 7.4 Using Tags
    • 7.4.1 Creating a Tag for a Single Resource
    • 7.4.2 Creating a Tag for Multiple Resources
    • 7.4.3 Creating a Tag on the Tags Page
    • 7.4.4 Managing Tags
  • 7.5 Using the Trashcan
  • 7.6 Displaying the Feed Status
  • 7.7 Changing the User Settings
  • 7.8 Opening the Manual
  • 7.9 Logging Out of the Web Interface
• 8 Managing the Web Interface Access
  • 8.1 Users
    • 8.1.1 Creating a User
    • 8.1.2 Managing Users
    • 8.1.3 Simultaneous Login
    • 8.1.4 Creating a Guest Login
  • 8.2 Roles
    • 8.2.1 Cloning an Existing Role
    • 8.2.2 Creating a Role
    • 8.2.3 Managing Roles
    • 8.2.4 Assigning Roles to a User
    • 8.2.5 Creating a Super Administrator
  • 8.3 Groups
    • 8.3.1 Creating a Group
    • 8.3.2 Managing Groups
  • 8.4 Permissions
    • 8.4.1 Creating and Managing Permissions
      • 8.4.1.1 Creating a Permission
      • 8.4.1.2 Creating Permissions from the Resource Details Page
      • 8.4.1.3 Managing Permissions
    • 8.4.2 Granting Super Permissions
    • 8.4.3 Granting Read Access to Other Users
      • 8.4.3.1 Requirements for Granting Read Access
      • 8.4.3.2 Granting Read Access
  • 8.5 Using a Central User Management
    • 8.5.1 LDAPS
      • 8.5.1.1 Storing the Server’s Certificate on the Appliance
      • 8.5.1.2 Connecting to the LDAPS Tree
    • 8.5.2 RADIUS
• 9 Scanning a System
  • 9.1 Using the Task Wizard for a First Scan
    • 9.1.1 Using the Task Wizard
    • 9.1.2 Using the Advanced Task Wizard
    • 9.1.3 Using the Wizard to Modify a Task
  • 9.2 Configuring a Simple Scan Manually
    • 9.2.1 Creating a Target
    • 9.2.2 Creating a Task
    • 9.2.3 Starting the Task
  • 9.3 Configuring an Authenticated Scan Using Local Security Checks
    • 9.3.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Authenticated Scans
    • 9.3.2 Using Credentials
      • 9.3.2.1 Creating Credentials
      • 9.3.2.2 Managing Credentials
    • 9.3.3 Requirements on Target Systems with Microsoft Windows
      • 9.3.3.1 General Notes on the Configuration
      • 9.3.3.2 Configuring a Domain Account for Authenticated Scans
      • 9.3.3.3 Restrictions
      • 9.3.3.4 Scanning Without Domain Administrator and Local Administrator Permissions
    • 9.3.4 Requirements on Target Systems with ESXi
    • 9.3.5 Requirements on Target Systems with Linux/Unix
      • 9.3.5.1 Requirements and Background Information for the Elevate Privileges Feature
      • 9.3.5.2 (Security) Best Practices for SSH-Based Authenticated Scans
    • 9.3.6 Requirements on Target Systems with Cisco OS
      • 9.3.6.1 SNMP
      • 9.3.6.2 SSH
    • 9.3.7 Requirements on Target Systems with Huawei VRP
      • 9.3.7.1 SNMP
      • 9.3.7.2 SSH
    • 9.3.8 Requirements on Target Systems with EulerOS
    • 9.3.9 Requirements on Target Systems with GaussDB
      • 9.3.9.1 Requirements for System User root
      • 9.3.9.2 Requirements for Database Administrator Accounts (for example gaussdba)
      • 9.3.9.3 Requirements for a Regular User Accounts
      • 9.3.9.4 Requirements for a Regular Database User Accounts (for example gauss)
  • 9.4 Configuring a CVE Scan
  • 9.5 Using Container Tasks
    • 9.5.1 Creating a Container Task
    • 9.5.2 Managing Container Tasks
  • 9.6 Managing Targets
  • 9.7 Creating and Managing Port Lists
    • 9.7.1 Creating a Port List
    • 9.7.2 Importing a Port List
    • 9.7.3 Managing Port Lists
  • 9.8 Managing Tasks
    • 9.8.1 Granting Permissions for a Task
  • 9.9 Configuring and Managing Scan Configurations
    • 9.9.1 Default Scan Configurations
    • 9.9.2 Creating a Scan Configuration
    • 9.9.3 Importing a Scan Configuration
    • 9.9.4 Editing the Scanner Preferences
      • 9.9.4.1 Description of Scanner Preferences
    • 9.9.5 Editing the VT Preferences
      • 9.9.5.1 Description of VT Preferences
    • 9.9.6 Managing Scan Configurations
  • 9.10 Performing a Scheduled Scan
    • 9.10.1 Creating a Schedule
    • 9.10.2 Managing Schedules
  • 9.11 Creating and Managing Scanners
    • 9.11.1 Creating a Scanner
    • 9.11.2 Managing Scanners
  • 9.12 Using Alerts
    • 9.12.1 Creating an Alert
    • 9.12.2 Assigning an Existing Alert to a Task
    • 9.12.3 Managing Alerts
  • 9.13 Obstacles While Scanning
    • 9.13.1 Hosts not Found
    • 9.13.2 Long Scan Periods
    • 9.13.3 VT not Used
    • 9.13.4 Scanning vhosts
• 10 Reports and Vulnerability Management
  • 10.1 Configuring and Managing Report Formats
    • 10.1.1 Default Report Formats
    • 10.1.2 Managing Report Formats
    • 10.1.3 Adding a Report Format
    • 10.1.4 Customizing Report Formats with Report Configurations
    • 10.1.5 Managing Report Configurations
  • 10.2 Using and Managing Reports
    • 10.2.1 Reading a Report
      • 10.2.1.1 Results of a Report
      • 10.2.1.2 Interpreting a Report
      • 10.2.1.3 Filtering a Report
    • 10.2.2 Exporting a Report
    • 10.2.3 Importing a Report
    • 10.2.4 Triggering an Alert for a Report
    • 10.2.5 Creating a Delta Report
    • 10.2.6 Quality of Detection Concept
  • 10.3 Displaying all Existing Results
  • 10.4 Displaying all Existing Vulnerabilities
  • 10.5 Trend of Vulnerabilities
  • 10.6 Using Tickets
    • 10.6.1 Creating a Ticket
    • 10.6.2 Changing the Status of a Ticket
    • 10.6.3 Setting an Alert for a Ticket
    • 10.6.4 Managing Tickets
  • 10.7 Using Notes
    • 10.7.1 Creating a Note
      • 10.7.1.1 Creating a Note Through a Scan Result
      • 10.7.1.2 Creating a Note on the Page Notes
    • 10.7.2 Managing Notes
  • 10.8 Using Overrides and False Positives
    • 10.8.1 Creating an Override
      • 10.8.1.1 Creating an Override Through a Scan Result
      • 10.8.1.2 Creating an Override on the Page Overrides
    • 10.8.2 Managing Overrides
    • 10.8.3 Disabling and Enabling Overrides
• 11 Performing Compliance Scans and Special Scans
  • 11.1 Configuring and Managing Policies
    • 11.1.1 Creating a Policy
    • 11.1.2 Importing a Policy
    • 11.1.3 Managing Policies
  • 11.2 Configuring and Managing Audits
    • 11.2.1 Creating an Audit
      • 11.2.1.1 Creating an Audit on the Page Audits
      • 11.2.1.2 Creating an Audit Through a Policy
    • 11.2.2 Starting an Audit
    • 11.2.3 Managing Audits
  • 11.3 Using and Managing Audit Reports
    • 11.3.1 Reading an Audit Report
      • 11.3.1.1 Results of an Audit Report
      • 11.3.1.2 Filtering an Audit Report
    • 11.3.2 Exporting an Audit Report
  • 11.4 Generic Policy Scans
    • 11.4.1 Checking File Content
      • 11.4.1.1 Checking File Content Patterns
      • 11.4.1.2 Changing the Severity
    • 11.4.2 Checking Registry Content
      • 11.4.2.1 Checking Registry Content Patterns
      • 11.4.2.2 Changing the Severity
    • 11.4.3 Checking File Checksums
      • 11.4.3.1 Checking File Checksum Patterns
      • 11.4.3.2 Changing the Severity
      • 11.4.3.3 Checking File Checksum Patterns for Microsoft Windows
    • 11.4.4 Performing CPE-Based Checks
      • 11.4.4.1 Simple CPE-Based Checks for Security Policies
      • 11.4.4.2 Detecting the Presence of Problematic Products
  • 11.5 Checking Standard Policies
    • 11.5.1 IT-Grundschutz
    • 11.5.2 BSI TR-03116: Kryptographische Vorgaben für Projekte der Bundesregierung
    • 11.5.3 BSI TR-02102: Kryptographische Verfahren: Empfehlungen und Schlüssellängen
  • 11.6 Running a TLS Map Scan
    • 11.6.1 Checking for TLS and Exporting the Scan Results
• 12 Managing Assets
  • 12.1 Creating and Managing Hosts
    • 12.1.1 Creating a Host
    • 12.1.2 Managing Hosts
    • 12.1.3 Creating a Target from Hosts
  • 12.2 Managing Operating Systems
  • 12.3 Managing TLS Certificates
• 13 Managing SecInfo
  • 13.1 Vulnerability Tests (VT)
  • 13.2 Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
    • 13.2.1 CVE
    • 13.2.2 CPE
    • 13.2.3 CVSS
      • 13.2.3.1 CVSS Version 2.0
      • 13.2.3.2 CVSS Version 3.0/3.1
      • 13.2.3.3 CVSS Version 4.0
    • 13.2.4 EPSS
  • 13.3 CERT-Bund Advisories
  • 13.4 DFN-CERT Advisories
• 14 Using the Greenbone Management Protocol
  • 14.1 Changes to GMP
  • 14.2 Activating GMP
  • 14.3 Using gvm-tools
    • 14.3.1 Accessing with gvm-cli
      • 14.3.1.1 Configuring the Client
      • 14.3.1.2 Starting a Scan Using the Command gvm-cli
    • 14.3.2 Accessing with gvm-pyshell
      • 14.3.2.1 Starting a Scan Using the Command gvm-pyshell
    • 14.3.3 Example Scripts
  • 14.4 Status Codes
• 15 Using a Master-Sensor Setup
  • 15.1 Configuring a Master-Sensor Setup
  • 15.2 Managing all Configured Sensors
  • 15.3 Deploying Sensors in Secure Networks
  • 15.4 Configuring a Sensor as a Remote Scanner
  • 15.5 Using a Remote Scanner
• 16 Managing the Performance
  • 16.1 Monitoring the Appliance Performance
  • 16.2 Optimizing the Scan Performance
    • 16.2.1 Selecting a Port List for a Task
      • 16.2.1.1 General Information about Ports and Port Lists
      • 16.2.1.2 Selecting the Right Port List
    • 16.2.2 Selecting a Scan Configuration for a Task
    • 16.2.3 Selecting the Scanning Order of Targets
  • 16.3 Scan Queuing
• 17 Connecting OPENVAS SCAN to Other Systems
  • 17.1 Using Verinice
    • 17.1.1 IT Security Management
      • 17.1.1.1 Importing the ISM Scan Report
      • 17.1.1.2 Creating Tasks
      • 17.1.1.3 Remediating Vulnerabilities
  • 17.2 Using Nagios
    • 17.2.1 Configuring the Appliance User
    • 17.2.2 Configuring the Script
    • 17.2.3 Caching and Multiprocessing
  • 17.3 Using the Cisco Firepower Management Center
    • 17.3.1 Configuring the Host-Input-API Clients
    • 17.3.2 Configuring a Sourcefire Connector Alert
  • 17.4 Using Alemba vFire
    • 17.4.1 Prerequisites for Alemba vFire
    • 17.4.2 Configuring an Alemba vFire Alert
  • 17.5 Using Splunk
    • 17.5.1 Setting up the Greenbone-Splunk App
      • 17.5.1.1 Installing the App
      • 17.5.1.2 Configuring the Greenbone-Splunk App
    • 17.5.2 Configuring a Splunk Alert
      • 17.5.2.1 Creating the Splunk Alert
      • 17.5.2.2 Adding the Splunk Alert to a Task
      • 17.5.2.3 Testing the Splunk Alert
    • 17.5.3 Using the Greenbone-Splunk App
      • 17.5.3.1 Accessing the Information in Splunk
      • 17.5.3.2 Performing a Search
      • 17.5.3.3 Creating a Dashboard for the Top 5 Affected Hosts and for Incoming Reports
• 18 Architecture
  • 18.1 OPENVAS OS Architecture
  • 18.2 Protocols
    • 18.2.1 Appliance as a Client
    • 18.2.2 Appliance as a Server
    • 18.2.3 Master-Sensor Setup
  • 18.3 Security Gateway Considerations
    • 18.3.1 Stand-Alone/Master Appliance
    • 18.3.2 Sensor Appliance
• 19 Frequently Asked Questions
  • 19.1 Why Is the Scanning Process so Slow?
  • 19.2 What Influences the Scan Capacity?
  • 19.3 Why Is a Service/Product Not Detected?
  • 19.4 Why Is a Vulnerability Not Detected?
  • 19.5 Why Do the Results for the Same Target Differ across Several Consecutive Scans?
  • 19.6 Why Is It Not Possible to Edit Scan Configurations, Port Lists, Compliance Policies, or Report Formats?
  • 19.7 Why Is It Not Possible to Delete Scan Configurations, Port Lists, Compliance Policies, or Report Formats?
  • 19.8 Why Does a VNC Dialog Appear on the Scanned Target System?
  • 19.9 Why Does the Scan Trigger Alarms on Other Security Tools?
  • 19.10 How Can a Factory Reset of the Appliance Be Performed?
  • 19.11 Why Does Neither Feed Update nor OPENVAS OS Upgrade Work After a Factory Reset?
  • 19.12 How Can an Older Backup or Beaming Image Be Restored?
  • 19.13 What Can Be Done if the OPENVAS OS Administration Menu Is not Displayed Correctly in PuTTY?
  • 19.14 How Can the GMP Status Be Checked Without Using Credentials?
  • 19.15 What Should Be Done if the Self-Check Shows “RAID Array degraded”?
• 20 Glossary
  • 20.1 Alert
  • 20.2 Asset
  • 20.3 CERT-Bund Advisory
  • 20.4 Compliance Audit
  • 20.5 Compliance Policy
  • 20.6 CPE
  • 20.7 CVE
  • 20.8 CVSS
  • 20.9 DFN-CERT Advisory
  • 20.10 EPSS
  • 20.11 Filter
  • 20.12 Group
  • 20.13 Host
  • 20.14 Note
  • 20.15 Vulnerability Test (VT)
  • 20.16 Override
  • 20.17 Permission
  • 20.18 Port List
  • 20.19 Quality of Detection (QoD)
  • 20.20 Remediation Ticket
  • 20.21 Report
  • 20.22 Report Format
  • 20.23 Result
  • 20.24 Role
  • 20.25 Scan
  • 20.26 Scanner
  • 20.27 Scan Configuration
  • 20.28 Schedule
  • 20.29 Severity
  • 20.30 Solution Type
  • 20.31 Tag
  • 20.32 Target
  • 20.33 Task
  • 20.34 TLS Certificate

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