The world’s most advanced Open Source vulnerability scanner
OpenVAS is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution.
The Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution.
The actual security scanner is accompanied with a daily updated feed of Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs), over 20,000 in total (as of January 2011).
All OpenVAS products are Free Software. Most components are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL).
Download Here: OPENVAS
OpenVAS for Ubuntu
you can install OpenVAS for Ubuntu via OBS
Step 1: Configure OBS Repository
sudo apt-get -y install python-software-properties sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/
security:/OpenVAS:/STABLE:/v4/xUbuntu_10.04/ ./"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys BED1E87979EAFD54 sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Quick-Install OpenVAS
sudo apt-get -y install greenbone-security-assistant gsd openvas-cli openvas-manager
openvas-scanner openvas-administrator sqlite3 xsltproc
Step 3: Quick-Start OpenVAS
(copy and paste whole block, during first time you will be asked to set a password for user “admin”)
test -e /var/lib/openvas/CA/cacert.pem || sudo openvas-mkcert -q sudo openvas-nvt-sync test -e /var/lib/openvas/users/om || sudo openvas-mkcert-client -n om -i sudo /etc/init.d/openvas-manager stop sudo /etc/init.d/openvas-scanner stop sudo openvassd sudo openvasmd --migrate sudo openvasmd --rebuild sudo killall openvassd sleep 15 sudo /etc/init.d/openvas-scanner start sudo /etc/init.d/openvas-manager start sudo /etc/init.d/openvas-administrator restart sudo /etc/init.d/greenbone-security-assistant restart test -e /var/lib/openvas/users/admin || sudo openvasad -c add_user -n admin -r Admin
Step 4: Log into OpenVAS as “admin”
Open https://localhost:9392/ or start "gsd" on a command line as a regular user (not as root!).
Visit the official site here: http://www.openvas.org/