CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog.

[22.4] (unreleased)

Added

• Add a new modification_time column to reports #1513, #1519, #1590
• Add basic Sentry integration and logging #1550
• Add GMP get_license and modify_license #1642, #1692, #1696

Changed

• Use pg-gvm extension for C PostgreSQL functions #1400, #1453
• Change report timestamp filter and iterator columns #1512
• Rename the date column of reports to creation_time #1520
• Send the script timeout to the scanner as script preferences #1670

Fixed

• Improve VT version handling for CVE & OVAL results #1496
• Fix migration to DB version 242 from gvmd 20.08 #1498
• Update subject alternative name in certificate generation #1503

Removed

• Remove Network Source Interface from gvmd #1511
• Removed OVAL definitions from gvmd #1525
• Removed OVAL definitions from GMP and gvmd documentation 1551
• Removed the Business Process Map from gvmd 1627
• Removed ifaces element from users #1676
• Removed OSP scanners from gvmd #1689 #1691 #1694 #1701

[21.4.4] (unreleased)

Added

• Add --rebuild-gvmd-data command line option #1680 #1683

Changed

Deprecated

Removed

Fixed

• Ensure gvmd sends error messages if gvmcg fails #1682
• Fix resume task. #1679 #1695
• Added a dedicated error message for the create ticket dialogue when the create permission permission is missing #1686
• Fix import of report results / errors without host #1687

21.4.3 - 2021-08-03

Fixed

• Fix sending prefs for whole, growing VT families #1603
• Add trash columns for target "elevate" credential #1636

21.4.2 - 2021-06-28

Fixed

• Amended Test, if the ssh elevate credential is different from the ssh credential #1586
• Added the missing GMP documentation for the ssh elevate credential #1591

21.4.1 - 2021-06-23

Added

• Add NVT tag "deprecated" #1536
• Extend GMP for new privilege escalation credential #1535
• Include new ssh elevate (escalation) credential in OSP request #1539
• Add test if the ssh elevate credential is different from the ssh credential #1582

Changed

• Update default log config #1501

Fixed

• Improve VT version handling for CVE & OVAL results #1496
• Fix migration to DB version 242 from gvmd 20.08 #1498
• Update subject alternative name in certificate generation #1503
• Fix whole-only config family selection #1517
• Migrate GMP Scanners to OSP Sensors #1533
• Solved a peformance problem for tasks after scanning lots of hosts #1567

21.4.0 (2021-04-16)

Added

• Extend GMP for extended severities #1326 #1329 #1359 #1371 #1477 #1488
• Parameter --db-user to set a database user #1327
• Add allow_simultaneous_ips field for targets #1346 #1396
• Speed up GET_VULNS #1354 #1355
• Speed up result counting iterator #1358 #1361
• Speed up result iterator #1370 #1361
• Improve GMP docs around users #1363
• Cache report counts when Dynamic Severity is enabled #1389
• Detection entry detection while importing reports #1405

Changed

• Move EXE credential generation to a Python script #1260 #1262
• Clarify documentation for --scan-host parameter #1277
• In result iterator access severity directly if possible #1321
• Change SCAP and CERT data to use "severity" consistently #1333 #1357 #1365 #1457 #1476
• Expect report format scripts to exit with code 0 #1383
• Send entire families to ospd-openvas using VT_GROUP #1384
• Limit "whole-only" config families to "growing" and "every nvt" #1386
• Access current user with an SQL function #1399
• Refactor modify_config, allowing multiple simultaneous changes #1404
• Add retry on a deadlock within sql#sql #1460
• Don't require report format plugin for XML report #1466
• Wording of Rebuilding NVTs because integrity check failed 1475

Fixed

• Use GMP version with leading zero for feed dirs #1287
• Check db version before creating SQL functions #1304
• Fix severity_in_level SQL function #1312
• Fix and simplify SecInfo migration #1331
• Prevent CPE/NVD_ID from being "(null)" #1369
• Check DB versions before CERT severity updates #1376
• Add owner checks to report_count queries #1397

Removed

• Remove solution element from VT tags #886
• Drop GMP scanners #1269
• Reduce Severity Classes #1285
• Removed Severity Classes #1288
• Remove remaining use of "Severity Class" in where_levels_auto #1311
• Remove the functionality "autofp" (Auto False Positives) #1300
• Remove severity type "debug" #1316
• Remove element "threat" of element "notes" #1324

20.8.4 - Unreleased

Added

Changed

• Changed defaults for installation locations #1662 #1665
  • SYSCONFDIR is /etc by default now
  • LOCALSTATEDIR is /var by default now
  • GVM_RUN_DIR is /run/gvm by default now
  • OPENVAS_DEFAULT_SOCKET is /run/ospd/ospd-openvas.sock by default now
  • SYSTEMD_SERVICE_DIR is /lib/systemd/system by default now
  • Removed gvmd.default file and adjusted gvmd.service file accordingly
  • GVM_FEED_LOCK_PATH is /var/lib/gvm/feed-update.lock by default now

Deprecated

Removed

• Remove BID from GMP documentation #1673

Fixed

• Fixed the lack of the severities in the display of the applications #1666

20.8.3 - 2021-08-03

Added

• Add --optimize add-/cleanup-feed-permissions #1612

Changed

• Use less report cache SQL when adding results #1618

Fixed

• Solved a performance problem when filtering results by tags #1579
• Fix VTs hash check and add --dump-vt-verification #1611 #1629 #1641 #1643 #1655
• Fix memory errors in modify_permission #1613
• Fix sensor connection for performance reports on failure #1633
• Sort the "host" column by IPv4 address if possible #1637
• Fix for parse_iso_time_tz error with musl library #1644

20.8.2 - 2021-06-23

Added

• Add standard info elem fields for NVTs in get_info #1426
• Add --ldap-debug option #1439
• Try to install PostgreSQL extensions automatically #1444 #1483
• Add auto retry on scanner connection lost during a running task #1452
• Add --feed-lock-timeout option #1472
• datetime parser for %Y-%m-%dT%Hh%M for keywords 1518

Changed

• Improve report counts performance #1438
• Clean up log config, add gvm-libs log domains #1502
• Sort missing severity as lowest value in GMP get #1508
• Use passwordbasedauthentication of gvm-libs instead of auth_utils #1505
• Set file permissions in greenbone-feed-sync #1575

Fixed

• Also create owner WITH clause for single resources #1406
• Fix SQL escaping when adding VT references #1429
• Update report run status more consistently #1434
• Improve modify_override errors, fix no NVT case #1435
• Fix size calculation in --optimize vacuum #1447
• Fix report host end time check in CVE scans #1462
• Fix "not regexp ..." filters #1482
• Escape TLS certificate DNs that are invalid UTF-8 #1486
• Free alert get data in report_content_for_alert #1526
• Fix erroneous freeing of ical timezone component #1530
• Fixed the sorting / filter by username functionality for remediation tickets #1546
• The alterable indicator is now copied when cloning a task #1553
• Fix stop resume feature. #1568

Removed

20.8.1 (2021-02-02)

Added

• Added ability to enter Subject Alternative Names (SAN) when generating a CSR #1246
• Add filter term 'predefined' #1263
• Add missing elements in get_nvts and get_preferences GMP doc #1307
• Add command line options db-host and db-port #1308
• Add missing config and target to modify_task GMP doc #1310
• Add version for NVTs and CVEs in make_osp_result #1335
• Add check if gvmd data feed dir exists #1360 #1362

Changed

• Extended the output of invalid / missing --feed parameter given to greenbone-feed-sync #1255
• The xsltproc binary is now marked as mandatory #1259
• Check feed status without acquiring lock #1266
• Use timestamp in automatic sensor task names #1390
• Replace g_file_test with gvm-libs file tests #1391

Fixed

• Add dummy functions to allow restoring old dumps #1251
• Fix delta sorting for unusual filter sort terms #1249
• Fix SCP alert authentication and logging #1264
• Set file mode creation mask for feed lock handling #1265
• Ignore min_qod when getting single results by UUID #1276
• Fix alternative options for radio type preferences when exporting a scan_config #1278
• Replace deprecated sys_siglist with strsignal #1280
• Copy instead of moving when migrating predefined report formats #1286
• Skip DB check in helpers when main process is running #1291
• Recreate vulns after sync #1292
• Add SecInfo case to alert check in MODIFY_FILTER #1293
• For radio prefs in GMP exclude value and include default #1296
• Add permission check on host in OS host count #1301
• Auto delete at the start of scheduling so it always runs #1302
• Fix create_credential for snmpv3. #1305
• Remove extra spaces when parsing report format param type #1309
• Correct arg to alert_uuid #1313
• Switch result filter column 'task' from task ID to name task name #1317
• Correct check of get_certificate_info return #1318
• Fix GMP doc text of active elem for notes and overrides #1323
• Move feed object in trash checks to startup #1325
• Do not inherit settings from deleted users #1328
• Delete TLS certificate sources when deleting users #1334
• Fix SQL errors in SCAP and CERT update #1343
• Always check for 'All' when deleting selectors #1342
• Account for -1 of orphans when deleting permission #1345
• Allow config to sync even if NVT family is not available #1347
• Check private key when modifying credential #1351
• Clean up hosts strings before using them #1352
• Improve SCP username and destination path handling #1350
• Fix response memory handling in handle_osp_scan #1364
• Allow config to sync even if NVT family is not available #1366
• Delete report format dirs last when deleting a user #1368
• Fix sorting in get_aggregates and its documentation #1375
• Improve "Failed to find..." messages #1395
• Memory handling in various occasions #1417

Removed

• Remove DROP from vulns creation #1281

20.8.0 (2020-08-11)

Added

• Add setting "BPM Dashboard Configuration" #764
• Faster SecInfo REF retrieval for GET_REPORTS #793
• Improve performance of GET_REPORTS #801 #811 #817
• Speed up the HELP 'brief' case #807
• Faster startup #826
• Add option --optimize migrate-relay-sensors #827
• Add host_id filter for tls_certificates #835
• Allow use of public key auth in SCP alert #845
• Refuse to import config with missing NVT preference ID #853 #860
• Add "Base" scan config #862
• Add setting "BPM Data" #915
• Automatically load predefined configs from the feed #931 #933 #934
• Automatically load predefined port lists from the feed #950 #952
• Automatically load predefined report formats from the feed #968 #970
• Print UUIDs in --get-users when --verbose given #991
• Add --get-roles #992
• Add --rebuild #998
• Lock a file around the NVT sync #1002
• Add a delay for re-requesting scan information via osp #1012
• Add --optimize option cleanup-result-encoding #1013
• Perform integrity check of VTs after updates #1024 #1035
• Ensure path of listening UNIX socket exists #1040
• Add --rebuild-scap option #1051
• Stop current scheduling of task when permission denied #1058
• Trim malloc heap after updating cache #1085
• Handle QUEUED osp scan status. #1113
• Add time placeholders for SCP path #1164
• Expand detection information of results #1182
• Add filter columns for special NVT tags #1199
• Add currently_syncing for NVTs in GMP get_feeds #1210
• Add logging for ANALYZE at end of migration #1211
• Basic systemd, logrotate and config files have been added #1240

Changed

• Update SCAP and CERT feed info in sync scripts #810
• Extend command line options for managing scanners #815
• Try authentication when verifying GMP scanners #837
• Try importing private keys with libssh if GnuTLS fails #841
• Extend GMP API for nvt object to carry a explicit solution element #849 #1143
• Allow resuming OSPd-based OpenVAS tasks #869
• Require PostgreSQL 9.6 as a minimum #872
• Speed up the SCAP sync #875 #877 #879 #881 #883 #887 #889 #890 #891 #901
• Change rows of built-in default filters to -2 (use "Rows Per Page" setting) #896
• Force NVT update in migrate_219_to_220 #895
• Use temp tables to speed up migrate_213_to_214 #911
• Allow "Start Task" alert method for SecInfo events #960
• New Community Feed download URL in sync tools #982
• Change setting UUID to correct length #1018
• Change licence to AGPL-3.0-or-later #1026
• Count only best OS matches for OS asset hosts #1029
• Clean up NVTs set to name in cleanup-result-nvts #1039
• Improve validation of note and override ports #1045
• The internal list of current Local Security Checks for the Auto-FP feature was updated #1054
• Simplify sync lockfile handling #1059
• Do not ignore empty hosts_allow and ifaces_allow #1064
• Reduce the memory cache of NVTs #1076
• Sync SCAP using a second schema #1111
• Use error variable in osp_get_vts_version(). #1159
• Include unknown preferences when uploading or syncing configs #1005
• Set the default OSPD unix socket path to /var/run/ospd/ospd.sock #1238
• The default OSPD unix path is now configurable #1244

Fixed

• Add NULL check in nvts_feed_version_epoch #768
• Faster counting in GET_REPORTS when ignoring pagination #795
• Improve performance of GET_REPORTS #797
• Consider results_trash when deleting users #800
• Update to gvm-portnames-update to use new nomenclature #802
• Escaping correctly the percent sign in sql statements #818
• Try to get NVT preferences by id in create_config #821
• Remove incorrect duplicates from config preference migrator #830
• Update config preferences after updating NVTs #832
• Fix order of fingerprints in get_tls_certificates #833
• Fix notes XML for lean reports #836
• Fix asset host details insertion SQL #839
• MODIFY_USER saves comment when COMMENT is empty #838
• Prevent HOSTS_ORDERING from being '(null)' #859
• Fix result diff generation to ignore white space in delta reports #861
• Fix resource type checks for permissions #863
• Fix result_nvt for new OSP and slave results #865
• Fix preference ID in "Host Discovery" config #867
• Fix SQL for tickets with overrides #871
• Fix result_nvt for new OSP and slave results #873
• Use right format specifier for merge_ovaldef version #874
• Fix creation of "Super" permissions #892
• Add tags used for result NVTs to update_nvti_cache #916
• Apply usage_type of tasks in get_aggregates (9.0) #912
• Add target's alive test method before starting a scan. #947
• Set run status only after getting OSP-OpenVAS scan #948 #951
• Fix get_system_reports for GMP scanners #949
• Fix QoD handling in nvti cache and test_alert #954
• Use stop_osp_task for SCANNER_TYPE_OSP_SENSOR #955
• Add target's reverse_lookup_* options #959
• Fix "Start Task" alerts by using alert owner #957
• Fix Verinice ISM report format and update version #962
• Always use details testing alerts with a report #964
• Remove extra XML declaration in Anonymous XML #965
• Fix SecInfo alert filter conditions #971
• Accept expanded scheme OIDs in parse_osp_report #984
• Fix SCAP update not finishing when CPEs are older #986
• Move report format dirs when inheriting user #989
• Delete report format dirs when deleting user #993
• Put 'lean' back to 0 for GET_RESULTS #1001
• Improve handling of removed NVT prefs #1003
• Ensure parent exists when moving report format dir #1019
• Use nvti_qod instead of the old nvti_get_tag() #1022
• Remove active clause when filtering resources by tag #1025
• Add user limits on hosts and ifaces to OSP prefs #1033
• Fix order of tar options in gvm-lsc-deb-creator.sh #1034
• Fix handling of termination signals #1034
• Remove db init warning that no longer makes sense #1044
• Use correct elements to get task ID in wizards #1004 #1046
• Use current row for iterator_null, instead of first row #1047
• Setup general task preferences to launch an osp openvas task. #1055
• Fix doc of get_tasks in GMP doc #1066
• Improve refs and error handling in NVTs update #1067
• Fix failure detection for xml_split command #1074
• Fix deletion of OVAL definition data #1079
• Fix feed lock in sync script #1088
• Handle removed CPEs and CVEs in SCAP sync #1097
• Fix NVTs list in CVE details #1100
• Fix handling of duplicate settings #1106
• Fix XML escaping in setting up GMP scans #1122
• Fix and simplify parse_iso_time and add tests #1129
• Fix gvm-manage-certs. #1140
• Fix CVE scanner and results handling #1141
• Remove user from tags when deleting user #1161
• Handle INTERRUPTED scans #1146
• Check hosts in MODIFY_OVERRIDE, as in CREATE_OVERRIDE #1162
• Preserve task "once" value #1176
• Check number of args to ensure period_offsets is 0 #1175
• Fix name handling when creating host assets #1183 #1214
• Outdated references to "openvassd" have been updated to "openvas" #1189
• Quote identifiers in SQL functions using EXECUTE #1192
• Fix handling of interrupted tasks #1207
• Allow group access to lockfile and fix growing or empty timestamp #1213
• Ignore whitespace when checking for changed delta results #1219
• Check permissions when applying tag in filter #1222
• Add missing min_qod to FILTERS in GET_VULNS response #1224
• Improve EXE installer NSIS script generation #1226
• Add qod as name in results columns, for sorting #1243

Removed

• Remove support for "All SecInfo": removal of "allinfo" for type in get_info #790
• Removed tag_value() by using nvti_get_tag() #825
• Remove support for "MODIFY_REPORT" GMP command #823
• Remove 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.90011 from Discovery config (9.0) #847
• Removed migration tool "gvm-migrate-to-postgres" including the man page #905
• Remove agents #922
• Remove GMP COMMANDS #923
• Remove unused port names facility #1041
• Add migrator to remove dead hosts #1071
• Remove classic schedules elements from GMP #1116 #1121
• Remove parallel from target options. #1119
• Remove default port list from CREATE_TARGET #1151

9.0.0 (2019-10-11)

Added

• Added TLS certificates as a new resource type #585 #663 #673 #674 #689 #695 #703 #728 #732 #750 #752 #775 #796
• Update NVTs via OSP #392 #609 #626 #753 #766
• Handle addition of ID to NVT preferences. #413 #744
• Add setting 'OMP Slave Check Period' #491
• Document switching between releases when using PostgreSQL. #563
• Cgreen based unit tests for gvmd has been added. #579
• New usage_type property to distinguish normal scan tasks and configs from compliance audits and policies #613 #625 #633
• Command cleanup-report-formats for --optimize option #652
• Enable SecInfo alert checks #670
• Add an explicit solution column to NVTs #681 #702 #730
• Document container tasks in GMP doc #688
• Add explicit columns for the NVT tags "summary", "insight", "detection", "impact" and "affected" #719 #746
• Add lean option to GET_REPORTS #745
• Add scanner relays and OSP sensor scanner type #756 #759
• Add setting "BPM Data" #914

Changed

• Always convert iCalendar strings to use UTC. #778
• Check if NVT preferences exist before inserting. #406
• Raise minimum version for SQL functions. #420
• Run OpenVAS scans via OSP instead of OTP. #422 #584 #623 #636 #704 #729
• Request nvti_cache update only at very end of NVT update. #426
• Consolidate NVT references into unified "refs" element. #427 #739
• Update gvm-libs version requirements to v11.0. #480
• Adjust to use new API for vt references. #526
• Expect NVT sync script in bin directory. #546
• Change internal handling of NVT XML to use nvti_t. #562
• Change NVT references like CVEs and BID to general vt_refs. #570 #574 #582
• Update SQLite to PostgreSQL migration script and documentation. #581 #601 #604 #605
• Update result diff generation at delta reports #650
• Check and create default permissions individually #671
• Add -f arg to sendmail call in email alert #676 #678
• Change get_tickets to use the status text for filtering. #697
• Made checks to prevent duplicate user names stricter. #708 #722
• Send delete command to ospd after stopping the task. #710
• Check whether hosts are alive and have results when adding them in slave scans. #717 #726 #731 #736
• Use explicit nvti timestamps #725
• New columns Ports, Apps, Distance, and Auth in the CSV Hosts report format #733
• The details attribute of GET_REPORTS now defaults to 0 #747
• Incoming VT timestamps via OSP are now assumed to be seconds since epoch #754
• Accelerate NVT feed update #757
• Combine sync scripts and add GVMd data sync #1155 #1201

Fixed

• A PostgreSQL statement order issue #611 has been addressed #642
• Fix iCalendar recurrence and timezone handling #654
• Fix issues with some scheduled tasks by using iCalendar more instead of old period fields #656
• Fix an issue in getting the reports from GMP scanners #659 #665
• Fix GET_SYSTEM_REPORTS using slave_id #668
• Fix RAW_DATA when calling GET_INFO with type NVT without attributes name or info_id #682
• Fix ORPHAN calculations in GET_TICKETS #684 #692
• Fix assignment of orphaned tickets to the current user #685
• Fix response from GET_VULNS when given vuln_id does not exists #696
• Make bulk tagging with a filter work if the resources are already tagged #711
• Check if the scan finished before deleting it and ensure that the task is set to done #714
• Fix columnless search phrase filter keywords with quotes #715
• Fix issues importing results or getting them from slaves if they contain "%s" #723
• Fix sorting by numeric filter columns #751
• Fix array index error when modifying roles and groups #762
• Add NULL check in nvts_feed_version_epoch #768
• Make get_settings return only one setting when setting_id is given #780
• Fix percent sign escaping in report_port_count #783
• If the nvt preference is "file" type, encode it into Base64 format #784

Removed

• The handling of NVT updates via OTP has been removed. #575
• Bid and xref have been removed from table nvts. #582
• Database migration from revisions before 185 has been removed. #411 #622
• Drop SQLite support #610 #612 #614
• Remove create report task creation #616
• Remove --backup command line option #615
• Remove GET_REPORTS type "assets" #617 #620
• Remove errors for unknown elements #619
• Remove unused reports column nbefile #675
• Eliminate get_tag() and parse_tags() #743
• Remove helper functions and other code for handling OTP #705 #709 #713 #735 #748 #749
• Remove stray prototype nvt_iterator_copyright #721

8.0.1 (2019-07-17)

Added

• Special characters in credential login names are allowed. #475
• Add type filter column to GET_CONFIGS. #486
• Filter settings for groups, scanners, tickets, users and vulnerabilities have been added. #497
• Multiple certificate formats for S/MIME are allowed. #551

Changed

• Functions config_in_use, trash_config_in_use and port_list_in_use returned a count instead of the expected 1 or 0. #460
• The cache is rebuild for each chunk in CREATE_REPORT. #469
• Hosts without HOST_START are added in CREATE_REPORT. #479
• Use host details for login failure in ticket check. #483
• In create_target() and modify_target() exclude_hosts is cleaned up to be in a consistent format like the included hosts are. #488.
• Check that roles exist earlier. #493
• Anonymize more IPs and hostnames in Anonymous XML. #496 #535
• Ensure that authentication always works for Start Task alerts. #515
• Get content type when emailing an attached report. #517
• Allow vuln_iterator_opts_from_filter filter to be NULL. #527
• Wrap PostgreSQL exclusive table lock in function to prevent error messages in the PostgreSQL log if the lock is not available. #542
• Trim whole report when resuming slave scans #549
• Documentation has been improved. #569 #567 #588
• Update command line options in gvmd man page #565
• Clean special option keywords in filters. #571 #578 #576
• If the schedule of a task is available, GET_TASKS will always return the long schedule XML, not just if only the schedules are requested. #500
• References to OpenVAS have been replaced with GSM #529
• Buffer inserts when adding results from a slave #641

Fixed

• Checks on 'type' in GET_FEEDS has been fixed. #462
• An issue which caused a race condition using the WHERE NOT EXISTS SQL has been addressed. #472
• A missing argument in check_tickets is added. #477
• Add missing filter case to result_count. #548
• Fix create_report cache update at end of results. #490
• Fix permission checks for trash reports #503
• Fix MODIFY_TAG and CREATE_TAG responses. #520
• Fix MODIFY_TAG for all types when given a filter. #523
• Fix email field validation in create_alert and modify_alert. #534 #545
• Fix --slave-commit-size option. #555
• Fix TippingPoint error handling [#592] (greenbone#592)
• Apply ignore_pagination in delta reports #597
• Fix getting single unowned resources #607
• Fix the "Host Authentications" section in PDF / LaTeX reports. #640

Removed

• Remove -m SMB3 for smbclient in SMB alert, which allows changing the maximum protocol version via the smbclient config instead of forcing a particular one in the alert script. #505
• Remove "slave" from valid_db_resource_type. #558

8.0.0 (2019-04-05)

Added

• The new alert method "Alemba vFire" has been added.
• The file extension from the report format will now be added by SMB alerts.
• Handling of SSH private keys has been improved, allowing use of EC keys.
• The --modify-scanner option now also accepts UNIX sockets.
• Support for report content composition has been added.
• Remediation support has been added (GMP CREATE_TICKET, GET_TICKETS, etc).
• The --slave-commit-size option has been added, which can help prevent large updates from GMP scanners blocking the database for a long time.
• Settings "Hosts Filter" and "Operating Systems Filter" have been added.
• Performance of GET_REPORTS retrieving the results has been improved.
• A section about deprecated GMP elements has been added to the documentation.
• The Sourcefire alert now accepts a password credential for PKCS12 decryption.
• A new password-only credential type has been added
• Handling of failed/successful SNMP Authentication has been added to the HTML, LaTeX and PDF report formats.

Changed

• GMP CREATE_ASSET, its GMP doc and usage by GSA are now more consistent.
• The file path of SMB alerts can now be set to a directory, using the default report filename from the user's settings.
• The tag "smb-alert:file_path" on tasks will override the file path of SMB alerts.
• CREATE_TASK now requires a name.
• TEST_ALERT now also works if NVTs are missing.
• LSC errors are now logged as warnings.
• Missing data in credentials no longer prevents slave tasks from starting. Instead the scan will start without the credential.
• The GET_TASKS command now only returns the progress of individual hosts when details are requested.
• The predefined "Discovery", "Host Discovery" and "System Discovery" now mark unreachable hosts as dead.
• Users will automatically get read permission for themselves.
• Updates of the NVTs will now ignore duplicate preferences instead of failing.
• GET_REPORTS will only return Tags of results if requested with the new result_tags attribute.
• Targets now use TCP-SYN without TCP-ACK when pinging hosts when configured to do so.
• The source code and GMP documentation have been cleaned up.

Fixed

• An issue with deleting users has been fixed.
• An issue with GET_FEEDS returning the wrong feed types has been addressed.
• Various other code cleanups and improvements.
• Issues with the predefined report formats not handling hosts and hostnames correctly have been addressed.
• An issue with incomplete NVT info after feed updates has been addressed.
• MODIFY_SETTING now checks if text values can be decoded to valid UTF-8.
• An issue with alert emails missing a line break has been addressed.
• An issue preventing "Start Task" alerts from running has been fixed.

Removed

• The option --optimize remove-open-port-results has been removed.
• The compile-time LOG option has been removed.
• Report format special case has been removed from send_get_common #456