Parse/syntax errors - various plugins could not be loaded

[Kathleen Boyle]

We have been running nessus 2.0.10 on Fedora Core 2 without problem for
a couple of months.

Today after running nessus-update-plugins (which completed
successfully), I ran nessusd -D and received the following errors:

# nessusd -D
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 66
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/basilix_message_content_script_injection.nasl could not be loaded
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 60
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/simple_form_mail_relaying.nasl could not
be loaded
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 70
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/squirrelmail_143.nasl could not be loaded
[16640](/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/rsync_path_sanitation_vuln.nasl)
Undefined function 'get_pot_state'
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 83
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/basilix_arbitrary_file_disclosure.nasl
could not be loaded
ERROR ! NO ADDRESS ASSOCIATED WITH NAME
args->preferences :
-args->plugins_folder : /usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins
-args->max_hosts : 30
-args->max_checks : 10
-args->be_nice : no
-args->logfile : /usr/local/var/nessus/logs/nessusd.messages
-args->log_whole_attack : yes
-args->log_plugins_name_at_load : no
-args->dumpfile : /usr/local/var/nessus/logs/nessusd.dump
-args->rules : /usr/local/etc/nessus/nessusd.rules
-args->users : /usr/local/etc/nessus/nessusd.users
-args->cgi_path : /cgi-bin:/scripts
-args->port_range : default
-args->optimize_test : yes
-args->language : english
-args->checks_read_timeout : 5
-args->non_simult_ports : 139, 445
-args->plugins_timeout : 320
-args->safe_checks : yes
-args->auto_enable_dependencies : no
-args->use_mac_addr : no
-args->save_knowledge_base : no
-args->kb_restore : no
-args->only_test_hosts_whose_kb_we_dont_have : no
-args->only_test_hosts_whose_kb_we_have : no
-args->kb_dont_replay_scanners : no
-args->kb_dont_replay_info_gathering : no
-args->kb_dont_replay_attacks : no
-args->kb_dont_replay_denials : no
-args->kb_max_age : 864000
-args->plugin_upload : no
-args->plugin_upload_suffixes : .nasl, .inc
-args->admin_user : root
-args->slice_network_addresses : no
-args->cert_file : /usr/local/com/nessus/CA/servercert.pem
-args->key_file : /usr/local/var/nessus/CA/serverkey.pem
-args->ca_file : /usr/local/com/nessus/CA/cacert.pem
-args->config_file : /usr/local/etc/nessus/nessusd.conf
-args->Web mirroring[entry]:Number of pages to mirror : : 20
-args->Web mirroring[entry]:Start page : : /
-args->Unknown CGIs arguments torture[checkbox]:Send POST requests : no
-args->Services[entry]:Number of connections done in parallel : : 5
-args->Services[entry]:Network connection timeout : : 5
-args->Services[entry]:Network read/write timeout : : 5
-args->Services[entry]:Wrapped service read timeout : : 2
-args->Services[file]:SSL certificate : :
-args->Services[file]:SSL private key : :
-args->Services[password]:PEM password : :
-args->Services[file]:CA file : :
-args->Services[radio]:Test SSL based services : All;Known SSL
ports;None
-args->Ping the remote host[entry]:TCP ping destination port(s) : :
built-in
-args->Ping the remote host[checkbox]:Do a TCP ping : yes
-args->Ping the remote host[checkbox]:Do an ICMP ping : no
-args->Ping the remote host[entry]:Number of retries (ICMP) : : 10
-args->Ping the remote host[checkbox]:Make the dead hosts appear in the
report : no
-args->Ping the remote host[checkbox]:Log live hosts in the report : no
-args->NIDS evasion[radio]:TCP evasion technique :
none;split;injection;short ttl
-args->NIDS evasion[checkbox]:Send fake RST when establishing a TCP
connection : no
-args->Libwhisker options[radio]:IDS evasion technique: : X (none);1
Random URI encoding (non-UTF8);2 Directory self-reference (/./);3
Premature URL ending;4 Prepend long random string;5 Fake parameter;6 TAB
as request spacer;7 Random case sensitivity;8 Use Windows directory
separator (\);9 Session splicing (slow)
-args->ftp writeable directories[radio]:How to check if directories are
writeable : : Trust the permissions (drwxrwx---);Attempt to store a file
args->script_name :
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/snitz_forums_2000_sql_injection.nasl
[16640] plug_set_key:send(0)['1 Services/www/80/broken=1;
'](0 out of 28): Socket operation on non-socket
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 70
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/basilix_content_type_xss.nasl could not be
loaded
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 67
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/basilix_detect.nasl could not be loaded
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 64
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/openwebmail_detect.nasl could not be
loaded
syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting '}'[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 68
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/sympa_unauthorised_list_creation.nasl
could not be loaded
syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting '}'[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 73
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/cvstrac_filediff.nasl could not be loaded
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 63
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/basilix_sql_injection.nasl could not be
loaded
syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting '}'[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 69
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/sympa_invalid_ldap_pass.nasl could not be
loaded
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 66
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/basilix_attachment_disclosure.nasl could
not be loaded
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 55
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/risearch_arbitrary_file_access.nasl could
not be loaded
syntax error, unexpected IDENT[16640]()
Parse error at or near line 86
/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/basilix_arbitrary_command_execution.nasl
could not be loaded
#

The nessusd daemon still starts:

# ps -ef | grep nessusd
root     16641     1  0 18:09 ?        00:00:00 nessusd: waiting for
incoming connections
root     16646 16566  0 18:12 pts/1    00:00:00 grep nessusd

and I can connect to it via the nessus client.  I ran a test scan and it
appears to have completed successfully.

Is there a problem with the plugins that cannot be loaded or has
something gotten corrupted in my nessus install/config files or plugins
directory?

Your help is greatly appreciated.  We're still fairly new to nessus, but
it has been serving us extremely well.

Thank you.

Kathleen