Vuls

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Tool and Usage

Project details

License
AGPL 3.0
Programming language
Golang
Author
Kota Kanbe
Latest release
0.25.1
Latest release date

Project health

100
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How it works

Vuls has different types of scans, including local and remote. Depending on the type, it can also do a fast or deep scan.

Background information

The Vuls project started early in 2016. It directly gained good momentum on GitHub in the number of stars and issues created. The project switched from GPLv3 to AGPLv3 in September of 2019, as it adopted several components from security firm Aqua security.

Usage and audience

Vuls is commonly used for system hardening or vulnerability scanning. Target users for this tool are pentesters, security professionals, and system administrators.

Features

  • Command line interface
  • Tool allows multiple integrations
  • Web interface

Tool review and remarks

The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:

Strengths

  • + More than 50 contributors
  • + More than 5000 GitHub stars
  • + The source code of this software is available

History and highlights

  • First project release on GitHub (version 0.1.0)

Author and Maintainers

Vuls is under development by Kota Kanbe.

Installation

Supported operating systems

Vuls is known to work on FreeBSD and Linux.

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Categories

This tool is categorized as a Linux vulnerability scanning tool and vulnerability scanner.