[SOLVED] OpenVAS hangs at 1% on Kali Linux

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Hello

I am using Kali linux 2018.2 as a VM in VirtualBox to scan a Metasploitable-VM for vulnerabilities.
My scans are running super slow. I used to scan only one IP (Metasploitable-VM) with the default “full and fast” definitions and it would take about 1-3 hours. (Task Wizard - Quick Scan)
With the newest version of OpenVas with all the updates:
greenbone-nvt-sync
greenbone-certdata-sync
greenbone-scapdata-sync

When the Scan starts, I can retrace the comunication with wireshark. After 9072 pakets the scan stocks. The progress shows 1% and the CPU goes to nearly 100%.
My Kali-VM has 12GB Ram and 8 CPUs. So I don’t think that this is a problem of too few RAM. The CPU is a Core i7 4,2GHz. The free command shows 9.8GB of available RAM.
After a long time the scan continues und the CPU relaxes again…

I tried to scan a physical Cisco Router and I have the same trouble.
Anyone run into this before? Have any suggestions?

Thank you very much for help!

regards, Daniel

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Same issue for me,

It is related to this thread https://community.greenbone.net/t/community-feed-unusable/132

We need to wait for a fix to be applied to the Kali libraries or go in and path and recompile yourself. I am not that brave yet.

GB

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FYI kali repos have been updated with latest scanner :slight_smile:

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Daniel or GB: Can you confirm it is fixed for you?

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Yes, now eyerything works well again! Thank you!

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Hi Jan, working very well now, possibly faster than before.

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Hi All,

Need help, facing the same problem with OpenVAS getting stuck at 1%.

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This is now discussed in [SOLVED] Not able to scan a host via IP address or Domain and is much likely not related to the issue discussed here.

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