Example code issue

[lshahar]

while trying to run example code got exception

from openvas_lib import VulnscanManager, VulnscanException

try:
    scanner = VulnscanManager(HOST, USER, PASSWORD, PORT, TIMEOUT)
except VulnscanException as e:
    print("Error:")
    print(e)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "vas_poc.py", line 35, in
my_launch_scanner()
File "vas_poc.py", line 19, in my_launch_scanner
manager = VulnscanManager("localhost", "admin", "admin",4433)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openvas_lib/init.py", line 497, in init
self.__manager = get_connector(host, user, password, port, m_time_out, ssl_verify)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openvas_lib/common.py", line 73, in get_connector
manager = ConnectionManager(host, username, password, port, timeout, ssl_verify)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openvas_lib/common.py", line 149, in init
self._connect()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openvas_lib/common.py", line 200, in _connect
self._authenticate(self.__username, self.__password)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openvas_lib/common.py", line 228, in _authenticate
self.make_xml_request(m_request)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openvas_lib/common.py", line 378, in make_xml_request
raise ValueError('Missing status property in response')
ValueError: Missing status property in response

[x7peeps]

i have the same question. did u fixed this?

[ksakthii001]

Hi,

I am able to recreate the problem. If we reference a port number that is already in use, we hit this problem. Please check below for errors.

$ sudo python openvas.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "openvas.py", line 35, in
my_launch_scanner()
File "openvas.py", line 19, in my_launch_scanner
manager = VulnscanManager("localhost", "admin", "admin", 443)
File "/home/ksakthii001/github/openvas_lib/openvas_lib/init.py", line 497, in init
self.__manager = get_connector(host, user, password, port, m_time_out, ssl_verify)
File "/home/ksakthii001/github/openvas_lib/openvas_lib/common.py", line 73, in get_connector
manager = ConnectionManager(host, username, password, port, timeout, ssl_verify)
File "/home/ksakthii001/github/openvas_lib/openvas_lib/common.py", line 152, in init
self._connect()
File "/home/ksakthii001/github/openvas_lib/openvas_lib/common.py", line 203, in _connect
self._authenticate(self.__username, self.__password)
File "/home/ksakthii001/github/openvas_lib/openvas_lib/common.py", line 231, in _authenticate
self.make_xml_request(m_request)
File "/home/ksakthii001/github/openvas_lib/openvas_lib/common.py", line 381, in make_xml_request
raise ValueError('Missing status property in response')
ValueError: Missing status property in response

$ netstat -anp | grep LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 :::443 :::* LISTEN -
tcp6 0 0 :::9390 :::* LISTEN