Nessus Changelog

What's new in Nessus 6.4.2

Jul 21, 2015
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Update OpenSSL to 1.0.1p
  • Improved resource management during server reloads
  • Improved host discovery scan performance
  • Fix issue with importing large .nessus files

New in Nessus 6.4.1 (Jul 21, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue where agent may not restart after plugin update.

New in Nessus 6.4.0 (Jul 21, 2015)

  • New Features, Improvements, Platform Support:
  • AirWatch MDM Audits
  • MobileIron MDM audit
  • Cloud Services Audit - RackSpace Configuration Assessment
  • Auditing open ports on Linux/Unix
  • Add ability to copy scans
  • Support CyberArk as an External Credential Store in Nessus
  • Import Nmap results into Nessus to seed scan knowledge base
  • Agents for OS X
  • Agents for RHEL
  • Agents for Fedora
  • Allow users to copy Nessus Scans
  • Allow access to Nessus APIs via API tokens
  • Allow filtering scan results by CWE
  • Registration page should include how to get activation code
  • Credentialed Patch Audit Template should add assessment page to handle false positives.
  • Update plugin output host links
  • Allow users to toggle line and bar displays for historical charts
  • Include Nessus build number in version information in UI, properties api
  • Document switches that can be provided to agent installer command line
  • Add support for TLS 1.2 to Nessus
  • Improve efficiency of scan report upload to manager
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Improved compatibility with SecurityCenter for exported policies
  • Improved Scan Dashboard queries
  • Improved Nessus Agent scalability and results display
  • Improved Nessusd stability
  • Improved SSH credential handling
  • Improved differential scan selection
  • Imported scans do not display the correct start and end times
  • Update 'Credentialed Patch Audit' to use only the credentials provided in the policy
  • Scan fragile devices is enabled by default in templates that aren't using a the 'custom' discovery view.
  • Disabling a scan job from the 'Scan' view by selecting the job, clicking more->disable, does not disable the job.
  • Charts are blurry on high-density displays
  • Plugin archives uploaded through the UI fail to install
  • For an expired activation with auto_updates disabled a new activation key will not show in UI as updated.
  • Remote Scanners now honor proxy settings
  • Compliance plugins no longer shown as vulnerabilities

New in Nessus 5.2.0 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • IPv6 is now supported on all platforms (including Windows)
  • Add attachments within scan result reports
  • Mac OS X preference pane
  • Digitally-signed Nessus RPM packages for supporting distributions
  • Smaller memory footprint and reduced disk space usage
  • Faster, more responsive web interface (uses less bandwidth)
  • No longer need to visit the Tenable website for an activation code!