How to Install and Uninstall checksec.noarch Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: February 06,2025

1. Install "checksec.noarch" package

Please follow the instructions below to install checksec.noarch on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                checksec.noarch
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "checksec.noarch" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall checksec.noarch on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                checksec.noarch
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the checksec.noarch package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : checksec
Arch : noarch
Version : 2.4.0
Release : 2.amzn2.0.1
Size : 31 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Tool to check system for binary-hardening
URL : https://github.com/slimm609/checksec.sh
License : BSD
Description : Modern Linux distributions offer some mitigation techniques to
: make it harder to exploit software vulnerabilities reliably.
: Mitigations such as RELRO, NoExecute (NX), Stack Canaries, Address
: Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) and Position Independent
: Executables (PIE) have made reliably exploiting any
: vulnerabilities that do exist far more challenging. The checksec
: script is designed to test what *standard* Linux OS and PaX
: (http://pax.grsecurity.net/) security features are being used.
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: As of version 1.3 the script also lists the status of various
: Linux kernel protection mechanisms.
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: checksec can check binary-files and running processes for
: hardening features.