Nessus Crappin out...

anyone ever encounter this error?  I'm attempting to execute nessus
from a perl script which uses a specific policy in a designated
.nessus file

nessus 3.2.1 on a redhat linux es server


Starting Nessus v3.2.1....
*** glibc detected *** /opt/nessus/bin/nessus: free(): invalid next
size (normal): 0x09c59b00 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x49db16]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0x4a1070]
/opt/nessus/bin/nessus[0x8061415]
/opt/nessus/bin/nessus[0x805d495]
/opt/nessus//lib/libnessus.so.3[0x20fe97]
/opt/nessus//lib/libnessus.so.3[0x211f4c]
/opt/nessus//lib/libnessus.so.3(XML_Parse+0x1d7)[0x209847]
/opt/nessus/bin/nessus[0x805b288]
/opt/nessus/bin/nessus[0x805b6c8]
/opt/nessus/bin/nessus[0x806243a]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc)[0x44adec]
/opt/nessus/bin/nessus[0x804a5c1]
======= Memory map: ========
00110000-0011f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298098    /lib/libresolv-2.5.so
0011f000-00120000 r-xp 0000e000 08:01 5298098    /lib/libresolv-2.5.so
00120000-00121000 rwxp 0000f000 08:01 5298098    /lib/libresolv-2.5.so
00121000-00123000 rwxp 00121000 00:00 0
00123000-00136000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298096    /lib/libpthread-2.5.so
00136000-00137000 r-xp 00012000 08:01 5298096    /lib/libpthread-2.5.so
00137000-00138000 rwxp 00013000 08:01 5298096    /lib/libpthread-2.5.so
00138000-0013a000 rwxp 00138000 00:00 0
0013a000-0013c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298138    /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
0013c000-0013d000 rwxp 00001000 08:01 5298138    /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
0013d000-00152000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298229    /lib/libselinux.so.1
00152000-00154000 rwxp 00015000 08:01 5298229    /lib/libselinux.so.1
0015e000-0019f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298252    /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8b
0019f000-001a3000 rwxp 00040000 08:01 5298252    /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8b
001a3000-001ae000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298265
/lib/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080102.so.1
001ae000-001af000 rwxp 0000a000 08:01 5298265
/lib/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080102.so.1
001c7000-001d9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 6480233    /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3
001d9000-001da000 rwxp 00011000 08:01 6480233    /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3
001dc000-0022f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3076442
/opt/nessus/lib/libnessus.so.3.2.1
0022f000-00231000 rwxp 00053000 08:01 3076442
/opt/nessus/lib/libnessus.so.3.2.1
00231000-00263000 rwxp 00231000 00:00 0
00263000-0028f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 6482185    /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
0028f000-00290000 rwxp 0002c000 08:01 6482185    /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
00290000-002cb000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298144    /lib/libsepol.so.1
002cb000-002cc000 rwxp 0003a000 08:01 5298144    /lib/libsepol.so.1
002cc000-002d6000 rwxp 002cc000 00:00 0
002eb000-002fe000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298082    /lib/libnsl-2.5.so
002fe000-002ff000 r-xp 00012000 08:01 5298082    /lib/libnsl-2.5.so
002ff000-00300000 rwxp 00013000 08:01 5298082    /lib/libnsl-2.5.so
00300000-00302000 rwxp 00300000 00:00 0
00302000-0041f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298250    /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8b
0041f000-00432000 rwxp 0011c000 08:01 5298250    /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8b
00432000-00435000 rwxp 00432000 00:00 0
00435000-00572000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298072    /lib/libc-2.5.so
00572000-00574000 r-xp 0013c000 08:01 5298072    /lib/libc-2.5.so
00574000-00575000 rwxp 0013e000 08:01 5298072    /lib/libc-2.5.so
00575000-00578000 rwxp 00575000 00:00 0
00578000-00608000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 6482199    /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
00608000-0060b000 rwxp 0008f000 08:01 6482199    /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
00732000-00757000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 6482189    /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
00757000-00758000 rwxp 00025000 08:01 6482189    /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
0077b000-007a0000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298080    /lib/libm-2.5.so
007a0000-007a1000 r-xp 00024000 08:01 5298080    /lib/libm-2.5.so
007a1000-007a2000 rwxp 00025000 08:01 5298080    /lib/libm-2.5.so
008b2000-008b3000 r-xp 008b2000 00:00 0          [vdso]
00931000-0095c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3076448
/opt/nessus/lib/libpcap-nessus.so.3.2.1
0095c000-0095e000 rwxp 0002a000 08:01 3076448
/opt/nessus/lib/libpcap-nessus.so.3.2.1
00a02000-00a0a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3076445
/opt/nessus/lib/libnessusrx.so.0.1.0
00a0a000-00a0b000 rwxp 00007000 08:01 3076445
/opt/nessus/lib/libnessusrx.so.0.1.0
00c24000-00c26000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298241    /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
00c26000-00c27000 rwxp 00001000 08:01 5298241    /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
00c6c000-00c6e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298078    /lib/libdl-2.5.so
00c6e000-00c6f000 r-xp 00001000 08:01 5298078    /lib/libdl-2.5.so
00c6f000-00c70000 rwxp 00002000 08:01 5298078    /lib/libdl-2.5.so
00d20000-00d3a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5298065    /lib/ld-2.5.so
00d3a000-00d3b000 r-xp 00019000 08:01 5298065    /lib/ld-2.5.so
00d3b000-00d3c000 rwxp 0001a000 08:01 5298065    /lib/ld-2.5.so
00dd4000-00ddc000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 6482201    /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
00ddc000-00ddd000 rwxp 00007000 08:01 6482201    /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
08048000-0806a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3076430    /opt/nessus/bin/nessus
0806a000-0806b000 rw-p 00021000 08:01 3076430    /opt/nessus/bin/nessus
0806b000-0816e000 rw-p 0806b000 00:00 0
09c46000-09c67000 rw-p 09c46000 00:00 0
b7d00000-b7d21000 rw-p b7d00000 00:00 0
b7d21000-b7e00000 ---p b7d21000 00:00 0
b7eec000-b7f23000 rw-p b7eec000 00:00 0
bf8f1000-bf907000 rw-p bf8f1000 00:00 0          [stack]
read : Bad file descriptor

no matter what i do i have received these results

any help is appreciated!

-- 
ashby
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