OpenVAS v20.8.1

Added

• Extend nasl lint to detect if function parameter is used twice. #590
• Add support for TLSv1.3. #588#598
• Add alternative for supporting snmp during scans. #594
• Add resolve_hostname_to_multiple_ips() NASL function. #596
• Send message to the client with hosts count. #606
• Use nasl_perror on invalid input and add more documentation. #608
• Add timeout argument to ssh_connect() nasl function to set the connection timeout. 631

Changed

• Downgrade wmi queries log level for common errors.
  #602
  #607
• Rename some nasl functions and func parameters for consistency and fix byte order issue in get_ipv6_element. #613
• Change log level from debug to message to show max_host and max_scan during scan start. #626

Fixed

• Fork vhosts before creating the socket.#576
• Check if another forked child has already added the same vhost. #581
• Send duplicated hosts as dead hosts to ospd, to adjust scan progress calculation. #586
• Only send the signal if the pid is a positive value. #593
• When routes with same mask are found the route with the better metric is chosen.
  #593
  #639
• Fix malformed target. #625
• Fix snmp result. Only return the value and do not stop at the first \n. #627
• Fix masking of IPv6 addresses. #635
• Fix technique switch for getting the appropriate interface to use for IPv6 dst addr. #636
• Fix host count. Set to -1 when the target string is invalid. #646