Uninstall pigz Package
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The pigz package can be removed with the following command:
$ sudo yum erase pigz
Rationale
Binaries shipped in pigz package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
have not been compiled using recommended compiler flags. The binaries
are compiled without sufficient stack protection and its address space
layout randomization (ASLR) is weak.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_pigz_removed
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Anaconda Pre-Install Instructions
package --remove=pigz
Remediation - Ansible
- name: Ensure pigz is removed
package:
name: pigz
state: absent
tags:
- CCE-82397-1
Remediation - Shell Script
# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove pigz
# from the system, and may remove any packages
# that depend on pigz. Execute this
# remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
# system!
Remediation - Puppet
include remove_pigz
class remove_pigz {
package { 'pigz':
ensure => 'purged',
}