OpenVAS Manager Authentication Bypass

Summary
The remote OVS Manager is prone to an authentication bypass.
Impact
Attackers can exploit these issues to gain unauthorized access to the affected application and perform certain actions.
Solution
Update to version 3.0.7 or 4.0.4.
Insight
A software bug in the server module 'OVS Manager' allowed to bypass the OMP authentication procedure. The attack vector is remotely available in case public OMP is enabled. In case of successful attack, the attacker gains partial rights to execute OMP commands. The bypass authentication is, however, incomplete and several OMP commands will fail to execute properly.
Detection
Try to bypass OMP authentication by sending a special crafted request.
References

Updated on 2015-03-25