Uninstall net-snmp Package
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The snmp package provides the snmpd service.
The snmp package can be removed with the following command:
$ apt-get remove snmp
Rationale
If there is no need to run SNMP server software, removing the package provides a safeguard against its activation.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_net-snmp_removed
- Severity
- Unknown
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Ansible
- name: Ensure snmp is removed
package:
name: snmp
state: absent
tags:
- PCI-DSSv4-2.2.4
Remediation - Puppet
include remove_snmp
class remove_snmp {
package { 'snmp':
ensure => 'purged',
}
Remediation - Shell Script
# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove snmp
# from the system, and may remove any packages
# that depend on snmp. Execute this
# remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
# system!