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Microsoft Windows

Windows XP, 2003 (no ipv6 support) (32 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-Win32_XP2K3.msi

Windows XP, 2003 (no ipv6 support) (64 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-x64_XP2K3.msi

Windows Vista, 2008, 7, 2012, & 8 (32 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-Win32.msi

Windows Vista, 2008, 7, 2012, & 8 (64 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-x64.msi

Mac OS X

Mac OS X (10.7 & 10.8):
Nessus-5.2.1.dmg.gz

Linux

Debian 6.0 (32 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-debian6_i386.deb

Debian 6.0 (64 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-debian6_amd64.deb

Red Hat ES 4 / CentOS 4:
Nessus-5.2.1-es4.i386.rpm

Red Hat ES 5 (32 bits) / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel):
Nessus-5.2.1-es5.i386.rpm

Red Hat ES 5 (64 bits) / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel):
Nessus-5.2.1-es5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat ES 6 (32 bits) / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel):
Nessus-5.2.1-es6.i386.rpm

Red Hat ES 6 (64 bits) / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel):
Nessus-5.2.1-es6.x86_64.rpm

Fedora Core 16,17,18 (32 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-fc16.i386.rpm

Fedora Core 16,17,18 (64 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-fc16.x86_64.rpm

SuSE 10 Enterprise (64 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-suse10.x86_64.rpm

SuSE 11 Enterprise (32 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-suse11.i586.rpm

SuSE 11 Enterprise (64 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-suse11.x86_64.rpm

Ubuntu 9.10 / Ubuntu 10.04 (32 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu910_i386.deb

Ubuntu 9.10 / Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu910_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 11.10 / Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu1110_i386.deb

Ubuntu 11.10 / Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu1110_amd64.deb

Free BSD

FreeBSD 9 (32 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-fbsd9.tbz

FreeBSD 9 (64 bits):
Nessus-5.2.1-fbsd9-amd64.tbz

Solaris

Solaris 10 (sparc):
Nessus-5.0.3-solaris-sparc.pkg.gz

Checksums & GPG Keys

Checksums for Nessus Server binaries: MD5.asc

Tenable GPG Key (Red Hat Enterprise 6 and newer)
RPM-GPG-KEY-Tenable

Tenable GPG Key (Red Hat Enterprise 5 and older)
RPM-GPG-KEY-Tenable-1024

Note:

In order to use the Nessus® vulnerability scanner, you must download the Nessus software and subscribe to a plugins feed. View a features comparison of the different Nessus plugins feeds.

What's New in Nessus 5.2

The Nessus 5.2 release provides customers with more intelligence by further automating analysis and reporting, and expands platform support and integration.

Key benefits include:

  • Enhanced post-scan analysis tools, including the ability to store attachments in scan reports and built-in scan recommendations
  • A consolidated patch report which pinpoints the patches to apply to become fully patched
  • Expanded operating system support and integration
  • Improved usability

View an introduction video which highlights some of the major Nessus 5.2 features and improvements.