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Uninstall gssproxy Package

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The gssproxy package can be removed with the following command:

$ sudo yum erase gssproxy

warning alert: Warning

This rule is disabled on Red Hat Virtualization Hosts and Managers, it will report not applicable. RHV uses NFS storage, which has dependency on gssproxy.

Rationale

gssproxy is a proxy for GSS API credential handling.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_gssproxy_removed
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Ansible

- name: Ensure gssproxy is removed
  package:
    name: gssproxy
    state: absent
  tags:
  - DISA-STIG-RHEL-08-040370

Remediation - Puppet

include remove_gssproxy

class remove_gssproxy {
  package { 'gssproxy':
    ensure => 'purged',
  }

Remediation - Shell Script


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