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Research Institute and makes his living as a security consultant through the MD-based firm Intelguardians, LLC, where he works on security architecture reviews, threat mitigation, and penetration tests against Unix and Windows targets Jay wrote the Center for Internet Security’s Unix host security tool, currently in use worldwide by organizations from the Fortune 500 to the Department of Defense He leads the Center’s Linux Security benchmark team and, as a core participant in the nonprofit Center’s Unix teams, is working with private enterprises and US agencies to develop Unix security standards for industry and government Jay has written a number of articles and book chapters on operating system security He is a columnist for Information Security Magazine and previously wrote a number of articles for SecurityPortal.com and SecurityFocus.com He co-authored the Syngress international best-seller Snort 2.0 Intrusion Detection (ISBN: 1-931836-74-4) and serves as the series and technical editor of the Syngress Open Source Security series, which includes Snort 2.1 Intrusion Detection, Second Edition (ISBN 1-931836-04-3) and Ethereal Packet Sniffing (ISBN 1-932266-82-8) Jay’s long-term writing goals include finishing a Linux hardening book focused on Bastille called, Locking Down Linux Formerly, Jay served as the Security Team Director for MandrakeSoft, helping set company strategy, design security products, and pushing security into the third largest retail Linux distribution vii TLFeBOOK Technical Editors and Contributors HD Moore is one of the founding members of Digital Defense, a security firm that was created in 1999 to provide network risk assessment services In the last four years, Digital Defense has become one of the leading security service providers for the financial industry, with over 200 clients across 43 states Service offerings range from automated vulnerability assessments to customized security consulting and penetration testing HD developed and maintains the assessment engine, performs application code reviews, develops exploits, and conducts vulnerability research Noam Rathaus is the co-founder and CTO of Beyond Security, a company specializing in the development of enterprise-wide security assessment technologies, vulnerability assessment-based SOCs (security operation centers) and related products He holds an electrical engineering degree from Ben Gurion University, and has been checking the security of computer systems from the age of 13 Noam is also the editor-in-chief of SecuriTeam.com, one of the largest vulnerability databases and security portals on the Internet He has contributed to several security-related open-source projects including an active role in the Nessus security scanner project He has written over 150 security tests to the open source tool’s vulnerability database, and also developed the first Nessus client for the Windows operating system Noam is apparently on the hit list of several software giants after being responsible for uncovering security holes in products by vendors such as Microsoft, Macromedia, Trend Micro, and Palm.This keeps him on the run using his Nacra Catamaran, capable of speeds exceeding 14 knots for a quick getaway He would like to dedicate his contribution to the memory of Haim Finkel viii TLFeBOOK Contributors Renaud Deraison is the Founder and the primary author of the open-source Nessus vulnerability scanner project He has worked for SolSoft, and founded his own computing security consulting company, Nessus Consulting Nessus has won numerous awards, most notably, is the 2002 Network Computing ‘Well Connected’ award Mr Deraison also is an editorial board member of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Organization He has presented at a variety of security conferences including the Black Hat Briefings and CanSecWest Raven Alder is a Senior Security Engineer for True North Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in network security design and implementation She specializes in scalable enterprise-level security, with an emphasis on defense in depth She designs large-scale firewall and IDS systems, and then performs vulnerability assessments and penetration tests to make sure they are performing optimally In her copious spare time, she teaches network security for LinuxChix.org and checks cryptographic vulnerabilities for the Open Source Vulnerability Database Raven lives in the Washington, DC area Jimmy Alderson is the Technical Product Manager at Atlantabased GuardedNet, a leader in Security Information Management, as well as a Founding member of DC-based firm Intelguardians Network Intelligence He is a member of the CVE Editorial board and a founding member of the Behavioral Computational Neuroscience Group which specializes in applications of stratification theory Jimmy was the author of the first Security Information Management system as well as the original pioneer on the use of Taps for performing intrusion detection on switched networks He has been an active member of the security community since 1992 ix TLFeBOOK 500 Index direct port connection, 381 final steps in creation, 383 FTP server listening on port 21, 380–381 respecting FTP protocol, 381–382 writing in NASL script, 374–380 FTP (File Transfer Protocol) libraries, 390 print server and, 20 FTP plugin, 372 FTP server, 195 ftp_func.inc library, 390, 466–467 full-connect scan, 249 function arguments, 438 function declarations, 437 function libraries FTP, 390 get_ftp_banner(), 382 HTTP, 387–389 NASL, 387, 393–394 NFS, 391–393 functions, calling, 438–439 Gula, Ron, 42 on ports, 12 web server scanning and, 101–102 H hacking, 156–158, 219 hardware requirements, 53–54 Heinbockel, William, 166 help, 417, 419–420 see also user community hiding, Nessus server, 75 honeypots, 313 host count, 113 host detection major milestone in Nessus scan, 240–241 overview of, 266 phase of assessment, 9–10 processor, 246–247 host ping, 100–101 hostname, 137, 161 hosts assessments, 5–6 false positives, 226 LaBrea tarpitted, 115–116 pinging, 117 HTML (Hypertext Markup G Language), 138, 139–141, Gain a shell remotely plugin, 372 147 Gain root remotely plugin, 372 HTTP/1.1’s keep -alive General plugin, 372 connection, 256–257 general query, Bugzilla, 410–411 HTTP daemon, 273 Gentoo, 51 HTTP functions, 456–457 get_ftp_banner(), 382 HTTP (HyperText Transfer get_kb_item(), 289–291, 294 Protocol) get_kb_item(string:name), NIDS evasion with, 102 282–283 on ports, 12 get_kb_list(), 294 web server scanning and, get_kb_list(string:name) function, 101–102 282–283, 286 HTTP login page, 101–102 get_port_state(), 381 HTTP protocol, 387–389 Gimp Toolkit (GTK) HTTP proxy, 80 Nessus installation and, 55, 57 HTTP redirect, 177 nessusd server connection with, http_func.inc library, 387–389, 76 467–469 removal of dependency, 64 http_keepalive.inc library, Gmane, 407 387–389, 469–470 Google, 407 httpver.nasl plugin, 256 grammar, 481 see also NASL2 http_version.nasl plugin, 256, grammar 387–388 graphs HUP (restart now) signal, 315–316 report format, 139–141 hybrid vulnerability assessment for vulnerability assessment, approach, 17–19, 22 340–344 Hydra, 104–105 grep command, 163 Hypertext Markup Language GTK see Gimp Toolkit (HTML), 138, 139–141, GUI clients see Nessus GUI 147 Client for X Windows; HyperText Transfer Protocol NessusWX Client for (HTTP) Windows NIDS evasion with, 102 I ICMP see Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP Echo test, 246 IDS (intrusion detection system), IIS (Internet Information Server), 195 IIS WebDAV overflow, 217–218 iis5_isapi_printer.nasl, 160 iis_webdav_overflow.nasl, 217–218 importing, report, 143, 152 ”inc” filename suffix, 387 individual process model, 242 information see help information exchange, 280–289, 293 information gathering milestone, 241 overview of, 267 process of, 251–254 information leaks memory disclosure, 198 network information, 198–199 overview of, 196–198, 206–207 path disclosure, 200–201 user enumeration, 201–202 version information, 199–200 Information Security Magazine, 29 Initial Sequence Number (ISN), 254 installation, client, 75–79, 83 installation, Nessus client installation, 75–79 configuring Nessus, 65–75 plugin updates, 79–80 quick start guide, 46–52 server, picking, 52–54 source, installation from, 57–65 source vs binary installation, 55–57 “Installed Windows Hotfixes” check, 253, 272 Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM), 167 integrity, 155 interface, 478–479 internal assessment, 24 internal firewall, 36 internal functions, 478–480 Internet, 32 TLFeBOOK Index Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) network information leaks and, 199 ping and, 100–101 vulnerability assessment and, 9–10 Internet Information Server (IIS), 195 intrusion detection system (IDS), intrusion prevention system (IPS), 25 intrusive scanning, 217, 219 IP address host detection and, 246–247 Knowledge Base saving and, 291 IP functions, raw, 457–462 IPS (intrusion prevention system), 25 ISECOM (Institute for Security and Open Methodologies), 167 ISN (Initial Sequence Number), 254 K keys, 66–67 Kirhenstein, Victor, 143 Knowledge Base (KB), 400 basics, 123 configuration options, 274–279 data types stored in, 288 dependency trees, 288–289 function of, 39, 272–273 implementation, 259–260 information from, 181, 417 information gathering findings in, 252–253 limitations, 289–291, 293–294 location of, 260, 274 merits of, 272 NASL API and, 393–394 NASL2 library functions, 442 overview of, 129, 268 parsing, 260 plugins data sharing, 280–287 port number detection by, 380–381 repeat scan avoidance with, 88–89 reuse and scanner output, 176 reusing saved, 279–280 services marked in, 250 user community and, 400 when to use, 123 Knowledge Base saving compile options, 273 configuration option, 274–275 dangers of reuse, 279–280 in DHCP environment, 291 introduction of, 272 scan and, 181 known backdoors, 195 L lab, test, 312–313 LaBrea tarpitting, 115–116, 245 languages, 367 LaTeX, 139 Ledovskij, Sergei, 141 lexical analyzer, 476 libnasl library compilation of, 63–64 goals of, 366–367 libraries, function FTP, 390 HTTP, 387–389 NASL, 387, 393–394 NFS, 391–393 library, 365–367 see also NASL library; NASL2 library libwhisker, 102 Linksys Gozila CGI denial of service, 259 Linksys routers, 198 Linux Nessus installation from binary package on, 55–56 Nessus installation from source on, 63 Nessus installation on, 48–51 Linux Red Hat, 173–174 listening port, 75 Liston,Tom, 116 lists see mailing lists live systems, 9–10 load balancing, 177–178 loading, report, 142–143, 152 logfile, 71 logical operators, 434 login configuration, 492–494 login credentials, 105–107 log_plugins_name_at_load option, 72 logs, Nessus, 172, 181–182 log_whole_attack option, 72 loops, 436 501 Lotus Notes OpenServer Information Disclosure vulnerability, 197 M MAC address Knowledge Base saving in DHCP and, 291 Knowledge Base setting, 276 Nessus reports and, 114 MacOS X Directory Service DoS plugin, 259 Mailing list ARChives (MARC), 407 mailing lists archives, accessing, 406–407 growth of, 32–34 messages, receipt troubleshooting, 420–421 overview of, 400–402, 418 plugin-writers mailing list, 368 responses to questions, 420 sending message to, 404–406 subscription to, 42, 401, 402–404 Mailman message archiving, 406 missing messages and, 421 Nessus mailing lists and, 401, 402–404 sending messages with, 404–406 mail.nessus.org, 406 major milestones, 240–241 make command, 61 make install command, 61–62 Man-In-The-Middle attack, 50–51 man page, 71 MARC (Mailing list ARChives), 407 max_checks, 71, 320 max_threads, 69–70 MD5 hashing algorithm, 50–51 memory block, 198 corruption, 190–191 disclosure, 198 management, 477–478 Nessus daemon use of, 319–321 requirements for Nessus installation, 53–54 messages mailing list, identifying, 403 TLFeBOOK 502 Index sending to mailing lists, 404–406 Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, 16 Microsoft, “Best Practices: Security Patch Management”, 204 Microsoft HotFix checks, 272 Microsoft HotFixes enumeration, 240 Microsoft Outlook, 403 Microsoft SQL TCP/IP denial of service, 258 milestones, Nessus scan, 240–241 minor milestones, 240–241 mirror sites Nessus installation and, 47–48 source files for Nessus installation, 57–58 Misc plugin, 372 miscellaneous functions, 463–465 misc_func.inc library, 391–393, 470–471 misconfigurations, 195 Moore, H.D., 235 MS SMTP DoS plugin, 255 msadcs_dll.nasl, 213 msftp_dos.nasl, 160, 213–214 multiple clients, 153 multiple key/value pairs, 289–290 MySQL encryption, 42 exporting reports in, 149, 151–152 Nessus and, 38 http_keepalive.inc, 469–470 misc.func.inc, 470–471 nfs_func.inc, 471 smb_nt.inc, 471–475 smtp_func.inc, 475–476 telnet.inc, 476 uddi.inc, 476 NASL1, 424 nasl1 library, 366 NASL2 grammar, 425–439 data types, 430–431 declarations, 437–439 loops and control flow, 436 operators, 431–435 precedence, 435–436 preliminary remarks, 425 syntax, 425–429 NASL2 library, 366–367, 439–476 cryptographic functions, 462–463 description functions, 443–447 “glue” functions, 447 HTTP functions, 456–457 knowledge base functions, 442 miscellaneous functions, 463–465 NASL library, 466–476 network functions, 447–452 predefined constants, 439–441 raw IP functions, 457–462 report functions, 442–443 string manipulation functions, 452–456 “unsafe” functions, 465–466 NASL2 Reference Manual, 424–485 endnotes, 482–485 N grammar, 425–439 name element, report, 165 interpreter, 476–481 NASL see Nessus Attack introduction, 424–425 Scripting Language library, 439–476 NASL command-line interpreter references, 481–482 adding new features to nasl_exec, 477 grammar, 481 nasl_init.c, 480 adding new internal functions, NBE see Nessus BackEnd 478–480 nCircles’ IP360 system, ease of use with, 364 Nessus internal functions interfaces, buffer overflow attacks and, 191 478 components of, 34–39 memory management, 477–478 defined, 28–29 parser, 476–477 directory traversal plugins, 192 report results verification with, format string attacks and, 194 224 history, 32–34 syntax verification with, 378 mailing lists, 400–407 testing scripts with, 375 not hacking tool, 219 NASL library, 466–476 for security consultants, 31–32 dump.inc, 466 standard, 29–31 ftp_func.inc, 466–467 nessus-adduser utility, 67–68 http_func.inc, 467–469 Nessus Attack Scripting Language (NASL) see also NASL2 Reference Manual dependency trees, 288–289 development of/reasons for, 364–368 function libraries, 387–393 Knowledge Base and, 280–287, 393–394 Knowledge Base query, 272 plugins and, 38–39, 92, 242 regular expressions in, 385–387 report reading, 168–171, 180–181 scanner logic and, 158–161 script ID and, 162, 163 string manipulation, 383–385 structure of script, 368–374 writing your first, 375–383 Nessus BackEnd (NBE) exporting reports in, 149, 150 format/file fields, 136–137 Parse::Nessus::NBE tool and, 349 report elements, 161–167 saving/editing report in, 141 sd2nbe tool and, 347 vulnerability databases and, 327–328 “Nessus Book”, 378–379 Nessus community, 324 nessus-core, 64 Nessus FAQ, 400, 417 Nessus GUI Client for X Windows in general, 134–135 NessusWX client and, 153 NessusWX client vs., 185 plugin, disabling, 229–231 report, saving/exporting to other formats, 136–142 Report Viewer, 135–136 reports, loading/importing, 142–143 nessus-installer.sh, 46–48 nessus-libraries, 60–63 Nessus logs, 172, 181–182 nessus mailing lists see mailing lists Nessus nbe Log Parser, 141–142 nessus-plugins, 64–65 Nessus Project, 28–29 Nessus Report (NSR) file format, 137–138, 150 Nessus Security Scanner assessment process, 9, 10, 11–12 automated vulnerability assessment tools of, 7, hybrid approach of, 17, 18 TLFeBOOK Index report, report summary, 14 versions, variations among, 86 Nessus server Knowledge Base stored on, 274 Nessus client/server architecture, 35–37 picking for Nessus installation, 52–54 Nessus server certificate connecting to Nessus server, 76, 78 creation of, 65–66 nessus-update-plugins, 79–80, 313 nessusd server see Nessus; Nessus server nessusd.messages file, 172 NessusWX Client for Windows communication on cipher layer, 84 disabling plugin with, 227–229 installation/setup, 77–79 loading/importing reports, 152–153 marking result as false positive with, 231–232 Nessus GUI Client for X Windows vs., 185 report, saving/exporting, 146–152 report viewer, 143–146 net view command, 170 Netcat, 224 Net::Nessus::ScanLite tool, 348–349 NetWare plugin, 372 network Nessus server location, 54 scanning, 360 testing over, 160 topology considerations, 302–303 network assessment approaches, 15–19 described, 6–7 function of, network audit, Network Computing Magazine, 29 Network File System (NFS), 391–393 network functions, NASL2 library, 447–452 network information, 198–199 network intrusion detection system (NIDS) evasion techniques, 102–104 HTTP evasion of, 102 role of, Network Time Protocol (NTP), 257 network vulnerability assessment, 8–14, 22 NeWT Windows client, 84 NFS (Network File System), 391–393 nfs_func.inc library, 391–393, 471 nice C operators, 432–433 NIDS see network intrusion detection system Nikto, 102 NIS plugin, 372 Nmap configuring, 107, 110–111 host detection and, 247 port scanning for service detection, 248–249 port scans with, 116, 306–308 portscanning back engine, 350–351 report filtering with, 346 scan in Knowledge Base, 281 Synscan.nasl vs., 108 TCP/IP and, 109–110 Nmap wrapper plugin, 245 nmap.nasl, 248 nmap_wrapper.nes, 248 “NNP”The Nessus nbe Log Parser, 141–142 no404 plugin, 256 no404.nasl script function of, 235 report reading, 169–170 scanner output and, 174 noise, 221–222 nonintrusive scanning, 219 non_simult_ports option, 73 NSR (Nessus Report) file format, 137–138, 150 NTP (Network Time Protocol), 257 ntpd overflow plugin, 257 NULL byte, 384 503 OpenSSH Username Validity Timing Attack, 201–202 OpenSSL, 57, 462 operating systems, 53 operators, NASL2, 431–435 optimize_test option, 73, 176 os_fingerprint.nasl, 162 osTicket Attachment Code Execution vulnerability, 244 OSVDB (Open Source Vulnerability Database), 162, 223 output see scanner output outsider vulnerability assessment approach, 16–17, 22 P packagers, 56 “packet forgery” message, 375 packetstormsecurity.net, 222 parent path, 192 Parse::Nessus::NBE tool, 349 parser, 476–477 parsing, entries, 260–261 password-based authentication, 325–326 passwords best-practices vulnerability and, 205 default passwords as critical vulnerabilities, 194–195 Mailman, 404 in Nessus installation process, 61 scanner output and, 175–176 user account creation and, 67 vulnerability assessment and, 25 patches hybrid approach and, 17–19 submitting, 416, 419 vulnerability assessment and, path disclosure, 200–201 PC Magazine, 28 PDF (Portable Document Format), 148 O Peer-to-Peer file sharing plugin, Online Plugin Database, 407–409, 373 418–419 penetration test, 24–25 Open Source Testing Mythology performance, 113 (Institute for Security and Perl, 327–329, 365 Open Methodologies), 167 persistent vulnerabilities, 344 Open Source Vulnerability Peteanu, Razvan, 204 Database (OSVDB), 162, PGP signatures, 348–349 223 PHP script, 200–201 open-source vulnerability scanner, pie, 139–141 28–29 ping host, 100–101, 117 TLFeBOOK 504 Index scanner and, 174 Ping of Death, 202 ping plugin, 245 ping_host.nasl plugin, 246–247 ping_hosts, 70 “pkt_forge”, 424 plain text, 147 plugin dependency rule, 243–245 plugin-writers mailing list, 368 (plugin_depend.pl) #!/usr/bin/perl, 261–265 plugins see also scripts; tests bugs in, 178 categories, 99 dependencies, 322–323 disabling, 226, 227–232 DoS and, 93 enabling specific, 93–96 false positive and, 223, 237–238 feedback on, 225–226 filter, using, 97–99 fingerprinting plugins, 254–258 host detection plugin, 246–247 information, 100 information gathering, 251–254 Knowledge Base and, 39, 272, 280–287 Knowledge Base configuration options, 274–278 knowledge of, 268 memory consumption, 319–321 milestones and, 240–241 NASL, 38–39 NASL history/reasons for, 364–368 Nessus architecture/design, 242–245 Nessus community and, 324 Online Plugin Database, 407–409, 418–419 overview of, 92–93, 127 selection of, 89, 171–172 service detection plugins, 248–251 submitting, 416–417, 419 threat specific scanning and, 321–322 updates, 79–80, 83, 313–316 when to use, 130 Windows, 130 writing NASL script, 367–368, 375–383 plugins-writers, 401 plugins_folder, 71 plugins_timeout option, 73 plugin_upload option, 74 port field, 162 Red Hat Package Manager (RPM), 49–50 register_service(port, proto) call, 281–282 registry, 18 registry, system, 488–495 regular expressions, 385–387 remote file access plugin, 373 report functions, NASL2 library, 442–443 report, reading, 154–182 key report elements, 161–171 overview of, 154, 184–185 risk, 156–158 scanner logic, 158–161 scanner output, 171–182 vulnerabilities, 155–156 report types, 167 report viewer Nessus GUI Client for X Windows, 135–136 NessusWX Client for Windows, 143–146 reports analysis for false positive detection, 222–225 BOSS GUI, 153–154 bug, submitting with Bugzilla, 413–416 combining, 326–334 critical vulnerabilities in, 188–189 differential, 334–345 false positives in, 237 filtering, 345–347 MAC addresses and, 114 Nessus GUI Client for X Windows, 134–143 Nessus report accuracy, 185–186 NessusWX Client for Windows, 143–153 overview of, 359 vulnerabilities reporting, 14 Q of vulnerability assessment, questions, report, 168–171 resources, 182, 400 see also web QuickSearch, Bugzilla, 410 sites quotes, 384 result viewer toolbar, NessusWX, 145–146 R returning a value, 480 reuse, Knowledge Base, 276–278, Raptor firewalls, 254 279–280 Raptor/Novell Weak ISN plugin, reverse proxy, 177 254 risk raw IP functions, 457–462 attack types, 156–158 reactive security measure, critical vulnerability levels, reading arguments, 479 188–189 port range, 112 port scan with Nmap, 116 for service detection, 248–251 in vulnerability assessment, 10–11 port scanner, 115 Port scanners plugin, 373 Portable Document Format (PDF), 148 port_range option, 70, 72 ports detection by Knowledge Base, 380–381 direct connection to, 381 information-gathering plugin, 252 NBE file field, 137 service detection and, 250–251 service identification and, 11–12 unscanned, 112 vulnerability assessment and, 249 portscanner, 174–175 portscanning phase, 306–308 POSIX Extended regular expression syntax, 385–386 precedence, 435–436 predefined constants, 439–441 print server, 20 printer best-practices vulnerability of, 205 problems with, 354–355 *printf() function, 192–193 private key, 66 process count, 113 proxy, 159–160, 175 public key, 66 Putty Modpow integer handling plugin, 253 TLFeBOOK Index determination of, 215 elements of, 156 Nessus scan, 87–88 risk factors in HTML report, 140–141 in report, 166–167 Rivest, Ron, 50 root password, 61 root privilege, 62 RPC plugin, 373 RPM (Red Hat Package Manager), 49–50 rules client-based, 325 daemon-based, 324–325 for user account, 67–68 rules option, 75 S safe checks scanner output and, 173–174 testing approach and, 219–220 vulnerability fingerprinting plugins and, 257 Safe checks mode, 113–114 safe_checks option banner and scanner report, 159 function of, 74 SANS Institute (Sysadmin, Audit, Network, Security Institute), 34 Sasser worm, 189 SATAN (Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks), 6, 32 save function, 145 saving, report, 136–142, 146–152 scalability, 35, 361 scan options connect scanner, 116 continuous scan, 115 detached scan, 114–115 e-mailing results, 115 host/process count, 113 hosts, pinging each, 117 MAC address, report by (DHCP), 114 Nmap for port scans, 116 optimized checks, 113 overview of, 111–112, 128 port range, 112 port scanner, configuring, 115–116 ports, unscanned, 112 Safe checks mode, 113–114 505 wildcard host, ignoring top bandwidth requirements, level, 117–118 303–312 scan preferences deployment needs analysis, host ping, specifying, 100–101 296–302 Hydra, brute force with, described, 296 104–105 differential reporting in, login credentials, configuring, 334–345 105–107 Nessus automated updates, NIDS evasion, 102–104 312–316 Nmap, configuring, 107–111 network topology overview of, 100, 128 considerations, 302–303 SMB scope, 105 overview of, 358 SNMP, configuring, 107 printers, problems with, WWW checks, configuring, 354–355 101–102 reports combining in, 326–334 scanner reports filtering, 345–347 configuration, 186, 359 scanner configuration, 316–326 configuration files, 179–180 third-party tools for Nessus, enterprise configuration, 347–349 316–326 volatile applications, problems job of, 215 with, 352–354 Knowledge Base and, 181 workstations, scanning, 355–357 logic, 158–161 scans report results verification with, architecture/design, 241–246 223–224 client configuration for remote testing approach of, 219–220 logon, 492–495 scanner output in command-line mode, 79 bugs in plugins, 178 configuring/running, 419 configuration files, 179–180 continuous, 115 dependencies role, 172 denial-of-service testing, Knowledge Base, 176, 181 258–259 NASL and, 180–181 detached, 114–115 Nessus logs, 181–182 host detection, 246–247 no404.nasl script, 174 information gathering, 251–254 ping remote host, 174 key report elements, 161–171 plugin selection and, 171–172 Knowledge Base, 259–261 portscanner settings, 174–175 Knowledge Base configuration proxies, firewalls,TCP options, 275–279 wrappers, 175 Knowledge Base data from, 272 safe checks and, 173–174 milestones, 240–241 scanning web servers, web sites, Nessus configuration and, 177 69–70 settings that impact, 176–177 network location of Nessus valid credentials, 175–176 server and, 54 web servers, load balancing, (plugin_depend.pl) 177–178 #!/usr/bin/perl, 261–265 scanning preparing for first, 126–127 frequency, 360 scheduling of, 125 intrusive scanning, 217 sequential for network analysis, Nessus approach to, 219–220 124 nonintrusive scanning, 217–218 service detection, 248–251 web servers, web sites, 177 SYN, 109–110 scanning, enterprise vulnerability fingerprinting, aggressive scanning, problems 254–258 with, 350–351 scans, running TLFeBOOK 506 Index authentication information, 89 authorization, 87 DoS and, 88 missing information and, 88–89 Nessus client, starting, 90–92 Nessus Knowledge Base, 123 overview of, 86 plugin selection, 89 plugins, 92–100 preferences, 100–111 risk vs benefit, 87–88 scan options, 111–118 security officers and, 90 starting scan, 123–125 target selection, 118–122 user information, 122–123 script body section, 369 script description section code of, 368–369 for FTP banner NASL script, 377–378 functions of, 369–374 script ID field, 162 script_bugtraq_id, 373 script_category(), 370–371 script_copyright(english:””), 371 script_cve_id, 373 script_dependencie() function find_service.nes and, 383 function of, 374 for http_version.nasl, 389 script_description(english:””), 369–370 script_exclude_keys, 374 script_family(english:””) , 371–373 script_id, 137 script_id(), 369 script_name(english:””), 369 script_require_keys, 374 script_require_ports, 374 scripts see also Nessus Attack Scripting Language; plugins; tests Knowledge Base used within NASL, 280–287 for remote scan logon, 490–491 script_summary(english:” ”), 370 script_timeout, 374 script_xref, 373–374 sd2nbe tool, 347 search and replace, 385 search function, 145 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), 12, 37 SecuriTeam web site, 223 security false positives and, 216–217 of Knowledge Base information, 279–280 NASL goals for, 366–367 Nessus architecture for, 35–37 Nessus for, 30–32 scanning and, 324 technical personnel and, 360–361 user accounts and, 68–69 vulnerability assessment for, 2–3 Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks (SATAN), 6, 32 security consultant, 30–32 security hole, 167 security identifiers (SIDs), 105 security note, 167 security officers, 90 security warning, 167 SecurityFocus Buqtraq ID (BID) number, 165 securityfocus.com, 222 security_hole, 163–164, 375–376 security_note, 163–164, 375–376 security_warning, 163–164, 375–376 Send fake RST when establishing a TCP connection, 103–104 server see also Nessus server; web server configurable settings, 419 information leaks and, 197 picking for Nessus installation, 52–54, 82 version information leaks by, 199–200 vulnerability fingerprinting, 255–258 web, scanning, 101–102 server certificate, 65–66, 76, 78 Server Error (error 5000), 233 Server Message Block (SMB), 105, 106–107 service banners, 213 service detection in Nessus scan, 240–241 overview of, 266–267 process of, 248–251 service, fingerprinting, 400 service identification, 11–12 services, 10–12 sessions, 122 set_kb_item(string: name, string: value), 282–283 shared libraries, 364–365 Shavlik Technology’s HFNetChkPro, 18 Shipley, Greg, 29 “Shoulders of Giants” (Zymaris), 400 SIDs (security identifiers), 105 Silicon.com, 203 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server, 255 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), 107, 199 single quotes, 384 Slapper worm, 189 SMB log in plugin, 252–253, 261 SMB (Server Message Block), 105, 106–107 smb_hotfixes.nasl plugin, 253 smb_lanman_browse_list.nasl script, 288–289 smb_login_deloder.nsl, 257 smb_nt.inc, 471–475 SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing), 321 SMTP Problems plugin, 373 SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server, 255 smtp_func.inc, 475–476 SNMP plugin, 373 SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), 107, 199 social engineering, 197 software Bugzilla, 409–416 for Nessus installation from source, 57 open source, 400 where to find, 400 Solaris, 51–52, 63 Solaris sadmind arbitrary command execution flaw, 189 solution element, report, 166 Sophocles, 28 source, installing Nessus from, 57–65 binary vs., 55–57, 82 components to download, 58–60 /configure, 60–65 mirror sites with source files, 57–58 overview of, 82 TLFeBOOK Index software prerequisites, 57 spammers, 2–3 speed of Nessus web queries, 256–257 source vs binary Nessus installation and, 56 SQL commands, 150 SSH to perform local security checks plugin, 253 SSL-based services, 176–177 SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), 12, 37 stand-alone vulnerability assessment tools, string() function, 383, 384 string operators, 433 strings defined in NASL, 384 manipulation functions, 452–456 NASL scripting, 383–385 regular expressions in NASL, 385–387 subnet field, 161 subscription service solutions, subscriptions, mailing list, 42, 401, 402–404 subtraction (-) operator, 384–385 Sunfreeware, 52 support, Nessus, 42 SUSE Linux system, 49 symbolic link attack, 261 symmetric encryption, 66 Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), 321 SYN scans, 109–110, 115 Synscan.nasl, 108 syntactic analyzer, 477 syntax, NASL2 grammar, 425–429 syntax tree, 477 Sysadmin, Audit, Network, Security Institute (SANS Institute), 34 system administration, system requirements, Nessus daemon, 319–321 system restart, 21 T -t , 375 -T , 375 tar balls, 59–60 ‘tar xzf ’ command, 59–60 target selection automatic sessions, saving, 122 common scanning issues, 120 method for, 119–120 overview of, 118, 128 target ranges, 120–122 zone transfers, 122 TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), 109–110 TCP ping described, 100–101 host detection with, 246, 247 TCP ports, 247 TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), 10–11 TCP wrappers, 175 tcp_chorusing.nasl plugin, 323 tcpdump code, 62 technical false positives, 212–214 Telnet, 224 telnet.inc, 476 temporary report file, 261 10 East, 407 Tenable Security, 42 testing see also plugin; scripts intrusive scanning, 217 Knowledge Base and, 273–274 Knowledge Base configuration options and, 275–279 Nessus approach to, 219–220 in Nessus scan process, 241 newly written plugin, 379–380 nonintrusive scanning, 217–218 phase described, 308–312 procedures, 312–316 Thimm, Axel, 49 threats, 321–324 time age of Knowledge Base, 277–278, 294 false positives waste, 216 issues of assessment tools, 19–20 Time-To-Live (TTL) field, 103 timing policy, 111 TLS (Transmission Layer Security), 37 toggle false by plugin ID, 145–146 toggle false function, 145 tools Net::Nessus::ScanLite, 348–349 Related Tools, 417, 419 sd2nbe, 347 update-nessusrc, 316, 322 where to find, 420 topologies, scanning 507 described, 316–317 flat, 317–318 islands, 317 star, 318–319 topology, network, 302–303 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), 109–110 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), 10–11 Transmission Layer Security (TLS), 37 triple handshake, 109–110 trojan_horses.nasl, 159 troubleshooting aggressive scanning, 350–351 common scanning issues, 120 enterprise scanning, 359 printer problems, 354–355 scans, 129–130 volatile applications, 352–354 workstation scanning, 355–357 “trusted” NASL scripts, 397 TTL (Time-To-Live) field, 103 Turkia, Miika, 141 two-factor authentication, 67 type field, 137, 163–164 types, report, 167 U uddi.inc, 476 UDP (User Datagram Protocol), 10, 110 unencrypted traffic, 37 uninstall-nessus script, 60–61 uninstallation, Nessus, 60–61 UNIX disabling plugin in, 229–231 Nessus GUI Client for X Windows, 134–143 “unsafe” functions, 465–466 Untested plugin, 373 update-nessusrc, 316, 322 updates automated, 312–316 Nessus, 55–56 plugin, 79–80, 83, 178 vulnerability assessment and, Useless services plugin, 373 use_mac_addr option, 74 user account, 67–75 user community bug reporting via Bugzilla, 409–416 TLFeBOOK 508 Index information/help, additional, 417 mailing lists, 400–407 overview of, 400, 418 patches/plug-ins, submitting, 416–417 plug-in database, online, 407–409 User Datagram Protocol (UDP), 10, 110 user enumeration, 201–202 user information Nessus server configuration and, 122–123 overview of, 128–129 user logon scripts, 491 username, 201–202 Using NetBIOS to retrieve information from a Windows host plugin, 252 utilities, 99 Nessus site, 182 nessus-update-plugins updates, 313 Online Plugin Database, 407, 418 plugins, 99, 409 scanning, 177 Sunfreeware, 52 “Taking Over Cleartext Protocol on Switched Networks”, 47 vulnerability information, 222–223 WebDAV vulnerability, 217–218 Webmin, 233–235 webmirror.nasl plugin, 256 Wikipedia, 212 wildcard hosts, 117–118 Windows, administrative assessment approach for, 15–16 Windows client communication on cipher layer, V 84 van der Kooij, Hugo, 400 installation/setup, 77–79 variable declarations, 437 Windows domain logon script, Venema, Wietse, 491 verification, report results, Windows plugin, 373 223–225 Windows User Management version banners, 254 plugin, 373 version detection, 13 WinNuke, 202 version information, 199–200 Witty worm, 189 versions, Nessus, 86 workstations, scanning, 355–357 W vulnerabilities worms war driving, 194 administrator security critical vulnerabilities and, 189 web applications, 21 vulnerability report, 69 detection plugins, 92–96 web browser, 224 attack types, 156–158 wrapper, plugin, 242–243 elements susceptible to attack, web server writing NASL scripts false positives and, 21, 169–170, 155–156 first script, 375–383 233–234 false positives and, 212 reasons for, 367–368 intrusive scanning, 217 identification in assessment wu_ftpd_site_exec.nasl, 214 load balancing, 177–178 process, 13 no404.nasl script, 174 noise reduction and, 221 X scanning, 101–102, 177 plugins, writing for, 416–417 XML (Extensible Markup reporting in assessment process, web sites Language), 138 ATrpms collection, 49 14 Bug Tracker, 409 vulnerability assessment for, Bug Writing Guidelines, 416 web sites for information on, Z Bugzilla, 412 222–223 zone transfers, 122 help/information, 417 vulnerability assessment Zymaris, Con, 400 LaTeX project, 139 administrative approach, 15–16 mailing list archives, 406–407 automated, 7–14 mailing list resources, 401 defined, 2–3 mirror sites for Nessus expectations for, 19–21 installation source files, hybrid approach, 17–19 57–58 important points of, 23–24 outsider approach, 16–17 types of, 5–7 uses for, 4–5 vulnerability database overview of, 326–327 preparation for report generation, 327–334 vulnerability, definition, 2, 155 vulnerability fingerprinting overview of, 267 process of, 254–258 vulnerability report see report, reading; reports vulnerability scanner critical vulnerabilities and, 189 false positives of, 212 Nessus as standard, 29–31 Nessus history, 32–34 Nessus project, 28–29 vulnerability testing intrusive scanning, 217 Nessus approach to, 219–220 in Nessus scan process, 241 nonintrusive scanning, 217–218 Vulnerability tree, 143–144 vulnerability types best practices, 204–205 critical vulnerabilities, 188–196 denial of service, 202–203 information leaks, 196–202 vulnerability classification, 188 TLFeBOOK GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it By contrast, the GNU General 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