Uninstall dovecot Package

Classification:

compliance

Framework:

Control:

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.

Remediation

Shell script

The following script can be run on the host to remediate the issue.

# 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"

Ansible playbook

The following playbook can be run with Ansible to remediate the issue.

- name: Ensure dovecot-core is removed
 package:
 name: dovecot-core
 state: absent
 tags:
 - disable\_strategy
 - low\_complexity
 - low\_disruption
 - no\_reboot\_needed
 - package\_dovecot\_removed
 - unknown\_severity