cfi
September 20, 2018, 2:24pm
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opened 09:12AM - 20 Sep 18 UTC
closed 10:42AM - 20 Sep 18 UTC
invalid
### Expected behavior
`systemctl start openvas-scanner` succeeds
### Curre… nt behavior
It fails with the following error message
Sep 19 14:27:29 ery openvassd[30420]: /usr/sbin/openvassd: symbol lookup error: /usr/sbin/openvassd: undefined symbol: nvticache_get_by_name_full
### GVM versions
The installation was done on Ubuntu bionic via `apt install openvas`
**gsa:** 7.0.2
**gvm:** not installed
**openvas-scanner:**
root@ery:~# openvassd --version
openvassd: symbol lookup error: openvassd: undefined symbol: nvticache_get_by_name_full
**gvm-libs:**
**openvas-smb:**
### Environment
**Operating system:** Ubuntu 18.04.1 bionic
**Installation method / source:** package
### Logfiles
```
-- Unit openvas-scanner.service has begun starting up.
Sep 20 09:11:20 ery openvassd[31785]: /usr/sbin/openvassd: symbol lookup error: /usr/sbin/openvassd: undefined symbol: nvticache_get_by_name_full
Sep 20 09:11:20 ery systemd[1]: openvas-scanner.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=127
Sep 20 09:11:20 ery systemd[1]: openvas-scanner.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 20 09:11:20 ery systemd[1]: Failed to start Open Vulnerability Assessment System Scanner Daemon.
-- Subject: Unit openvas-scanner.service has failed
```
Result: The system is using an outdated package of openvas-scanner mixed with a newer version of openvas-libraries not providing this nvticache_get_by_name_full function anymore.