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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108560
Category:General
Title:Report outdated / end-of-life Scan Engine / Environment (local)
Summary:This script checks and reports an outdated or end-of-life scan; engine for the following environments:;; - Greenbone Community Edition;; - Greenbone Free (formerly Greenbone Enterprise TRIAL, Greenbone Security Manager TRIAL /; Greenbone Community Edition VM);; used for this scan.;; NOTE: While this is not, in and of itself, a security vulnerability, a severity is reported to; make you aware of a possible decreased scan coverage or missing detection of vulnerabilities on; the target due to e.g.:;; - missing functionalities;; - missing bugfixes;; - incompatibilities within the feed
Description:Summary:
This script checks and reports an outdated or end-of-life scan
engine for the following environments:

- Greenbone Community Edition

- Greenbone Free (formerly Greenbone Enterprise TRIAL, Greenbone Security Manager TRIAL /
Greenbone Community Edition VM)

used for this scan.

NOTE: While this is not, in and of itself, a security vulnerability, a severity is reported to
make you aware of a possible decreased scan coverage or missing detection of vulnerabilities on
the target due to e.g.:

- missing functionalities

- missing bugfixes

- incompatibilities within the feed

Solution:
Update to the latest available stable release for your scan
environment.

Note: It is NOT enough to only update the scanner component. All components should be updated to
the most recent and stable versions.

Possible solution options depends on the installation method:

- If using the Greenbone Free: Please do a new installation with the newest available version

- If using the official Greenbone Community Containers: Please see the references on how to do an
update of these

- If the Greenbone Community Edition was build from sources by following the official source build
documentation: Please see the references on how to do an update of all components

- If using packages provided by your Linux distribution: Please contact the maintainer of the used
distribution / repository and request updated packages

- If using any other installation method: Please contact the provider of this solution

Please check the references for more information.

If you want to accept the risk of a possible decreased scan coverage or missing detection of
vulnerabilities on the target you can set a global override for this script as described in the
linked GSM manual.

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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