1.42 SOL-11.1-020120

Information

The pidgin IM client package must not be installed.

GROUP ID: V-216289
RULE ID: SV-216289r959010

Instant messaging is an insecure protocol.

Solution

The Software Installation Profile is required.

# pfexec pkg uninstall communication/im/pidgin

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23765

Item Details

Audit Name: CIS Solaris 11 SPARC STIG v1.0.0 CAT III

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216289r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-020120, Vuln-ID|V-216289

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 86cda87f99324879f044e67021424bd7dd5c73213b12504db7993465d09622a6