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Uninstall the telnet server

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The telnet daemon should be uninstalled.

Rationale

telnet allows clear text communications, and does not protect any data transmission between client and server. Any confidential data can be listened and no integrity checking is made.'

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_telnetd_removed
Severity
High
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

script:kickstart

package remove telnetd

script:bootc

dnf remove telnetd

A Puppet Snippet

include remove_telnetd
class remove_telnetd {
  package { 'telnetd':
    ensure => 'purged',
  }
}

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Ensure telnetd is removed
  package:
    name: telnetd
    state: absent
  tags:
  - CCE-83302-0

Anaconda Pre-Install Instructions

package --remove=telnetd

A Shell Script

# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove telnetd
#	   from the system, and may remove any packages
#	   that depend on telnetd. Execute this
#	   remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
#	   system!