Uninstall dovecot Package
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The dovecot package can be removed with the following command:
$ sudo zypper remove dovecot
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 - Puppet
include remove_dovecot
class remove_dovecot {
package { 'dovecot':
ensure => 'purged',
}
Remediation - Shell Script
# CAUTION: This remediation script will remove dovecot
# from the system, and may remove any packages
# that depend on dovecot. Execute this
# remediation AFTER testing on a non-production
# system!
Remediation - Ansible
- name: Ensure dovecot is removed
package:
name: dovecot
state: absent
tags:
- CCE-91369-9