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Changelog for libopenvas_base6-6.0.1-1.1.x86_64.rpm :
Fri Oct 25 14:00:00 2013 johann.luceAATTwanadoo.fr
- Update in 6.0.1

* Add support for setting the \"autofp\" parameter via omp_get_report_ext.

* Improve compilation regarding Glib versions.

* Take care that NVT description is sent instead of empty results,
even for new style plugins.

Wed Sep 11 14:00:00 2013 johann.luceAATTwanadoo.fr
- Fix problem about files are not in the good package for factory
Fix problem in the changes file for factory

Sat Sep 7 14:00:00 2013 johann.luceAATTwanadoo.fr
- Update to 6.0.0 version
deleted openvas-fix-gnutls.patch
deleted openvas-libraries-4.0-rc4-no_Werror.patch
deleted openvas-libraries-4.0.5-removelowat.patch
Main changes compared to 5.0.x:

* The GnuTLS dependency has been increased from 2.2 to 2.8.

* Support for checking if an NVT has all \"new style\" tags has been added.

* License change from GPLv2 to GPLv2+ for nasl_builtin_nmap.c file for license
harmonization purposes.

* Support for enforcing a password policy has been moved to
openvas-libraries.

* CVSS and Risk Factor are now computed from the CVSS Base
vector, if available.

* NASL tags setting a risk_factor are now ignored. It will therefore not be
stored in nvti files and not transferred via OTP.

* Internal memory storage for NVTI has been changed to use caching.

* Binding procedures for MS Active Directory Services have been improved.

* Support for LDAPS has been added.

* WMI registry functions have been added.

* An issue which caused credentials to be not transferred correctly when
scanning through a slave has been fixed.

* Library detection and handling of library flags during the build
process have been improved.

* Handling of system report requests has been improved.

* TLS support has been added to the NASL API to allow x509 certificate testing
in NVTs.

* Support of libssh for SSH connection handling has been improved.
The environment variable \"OPENVAS_DISABLE_LIBSSH\" can be used to disable
the new functionality.

* Performance has been improved by avoiding excessive \"gpg --version\" calls.

* Code that prevented special functions from being executed by
non-authenticated NVTs has been removed. Background is that either the whole
feed is treated as authenticated or as non-authenticated, but not a mixture
of it.

* The deprecated NASL variable \"OPENVAS_NASL_LEVEL\" has been removed.

* Several memory leaks have been fixed.

* Various compile issues have been fixed.

* Internal code cleanups and refactoring has taken place.

* The documentation has been updated.
Main changes compared to 4.0.x:

* New NASL function get_script_oid().

* NASL function debug_message() renamed to error_message().

* New NASL function security_message().

* Added \"Observer\" role for LDAP users.

* Extended support for LDAP authentication

* The LDAP auth DN validation has been improved.

* Vulnerability references (CVE, BID) are not added to result text anymore.

* Built-in NVT Find Services now sends only log messages.

* Built-in NVT Nmap: Improved efficiency and support CPE sent by Nmap.

* Removed copy of regexp and use system functions always.

* Replaced deprecated gnutls function calls by proper replacements
to simplify build process.

* Some support for simpler MacOS compilation.

* Removed NASL variable NASL_LEVEL (was already marked deprecated)

* Various improvements to build process.

* A bug which caused outdated cache files to be used under rare circumstances
has been fixed.

* Code cleanup and refactoring has taken place in NVT meta data management.

* Libssh detection has been improved.

* Support for the observer role has been added and functionality for user
management has been moved from openvas-administrator to openvas-libraries.

* Support for name conversion for legacy .nes dependencies when loading the
cache has been removed.

* Support for improved SSH functionality has been added.

* Support for comprehensive network scanning with nmap has been added.

* A number of compiler warnings have been addressed.

* Support for shared sockets has been removed.

* OpenVAS Libraries will now honor the unscanned_closed_udp preference when
deciding how an unscanned UDP port should be treated.

* Nmap support has been improved.


 
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