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Uninstall dovecot Package

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The dovecot-core package can be removed with the following command: 
$ apt-get remove dovecot-core

Rationale

If there is no need to make the Dovecot software available, removing it provides a safeguard against its activation.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_dovecot_removed
Severity
Unknown
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Puppet Snippet

include remove_dovecot-core
class remove_dovecot-core {
  package { 'dovecot-core':
    ensure => 'purged',
  }
}

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Ensure dovecot-core is removed
  package:
    name: dovecot-core
    state: absent
  tags:
  - disable_strategy

A Shell Script

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

DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get remove -y "dovecot-core"