Ensure LDAP client is not installed
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a service that provides
a method for looking up information from a central database.
The lapd-utils package can be removed with the following command:
$ apt-get remove lapd-utils
Rationale
If the system does not need to act as an LDAP client, it is recommended that the software is removed to reduce the potential attack surface.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_openldap-clients_removed
- Severity
- Low
- Updated
Remediation - Ansible
- name: Ensure ldap-utils is removed
package:
name: ldap-utils
state: absent
tags:
- disable_strategy
Remediation - Puppet
include remove_ldap-utils
class remove_ldap-utils {
package { 'ldap-utils':
ensure => 'purged',
}
Remediation - Shell Script
# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove ldap-utils
# from the system, and may remove any packages
# that depend on ldap-utils. Execute this
# remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
# system!