Enhanced Homebrew Package Detection on macOS

Change

Nessus plugin 83991 identifies packages including Homebrew packages on macOS hosts. Improvements have been made to this plugin to enumerate packages when the Homebrew command cannot be run.

Impact

Customers should expect more identifications of Homebrew packages on macOS hosts, potentially resulting in additional vulnerability reports.

Plugin

83991 - List Installed Mac OS X Software

Target Release Date

26 August 2020