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1.34 OL09-00-000150

Information

OL 9 must not have the sendmail package installed.

GROUP ID: V-271466
RULE ID: SV-271466r1091110

The sendmail software was not developed with security in mind, and its design prevents it from being effectively contained by SELinux. Postfix must be used instead.

Solution

Remove the sendmail package with the following command:

$ sudo dnf remove sendmail

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7a., CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-271466r1091110_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000150, Vuln-ID|V-271466

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2e2e80675e593f89c9d371b542fc6fb0dad8c59fd3ab8cc3cb6e872ce41cd6a0