Send messages generated by the scanner main process.

Also remove trailing whitespaces from the host and OID strings.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Added
 - Check the vt's preference value for type 'file'. [#130](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/130).
 - Check for malformed credentials. [#160](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/160).
+- Send messages generated by the scannner main process. [#171](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/171).
 
 ### Changed
 - Less strict checks for the nvti cache version.

ospd_openvas/daemon.py

@@ -925,13 +925,13 @@ def get_openvas_result(self, scan_id, current_host):
         res = self.openvas_db.get_result()
         while res:
             msg = res.split('|||')
-            roid = msg[3]
+            roid = msg[3].strip()
             rqod = ''
             rname = ''
-            rhostname = msg[1] if msg[1] else ''
+            rhostname = msg[1].strip() if msg[1] else ''
             host_is_dead = "Host dead" in msg[4]
 
-            if not host_is_dead:
+            if roid and not host_is_dead:
                 if self.vts[roid].get('qod_type'):
                     qod_t = self.vts[roid].get('qod_type')
                     rqod = self.nvti.QOD_TYPES[qod_t]
@@ -1507,6 +1507,7 @@ def exec_scan(self, scan_id, target):
 
             ctx = self.openvas_db.kb_connect(self.main_kbindex)
             self.openvas_db.set_redisctx(ctx)
+            self.get_openvas_result(scan_id, "")
             dbs = self.openvas_db.get_list_item('internal/dbindex')
             for i in list(dbs):
                 if i == self.main_kbindex:

tests/test_daemon.py

@@ -698,11 +698,11 @@ def test_get_openvas_result(self, mock_ospd, mock_nvti, mock_db):
         mock_ospd.assert_called_with(
             '123-456',
             host='localhost',
-            hostname=' ',
+            hostname='',
             name='',
             port='general/Host_Details',
             qod='',
-            test_id=' ',
+            test_id='',
             value='Host dead',
         )