How to Install and Uninstall checksec.noarch Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: March 28,2024

1. Install "checksec.noarch" package

This tutorial shows how to install checksec.noarch on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install checksec.noarch

2. Uninstall "checksec.noarch" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall checksec.noarch on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:

$ sudo dnf remove checksec.noarch $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the checksec.noarch package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

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Available Packages
Name : checksec
Version : 2.2.2
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : noarch
Size : 33 k
Source : checksec-2.2.2-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
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.
:
: As of version 1.3 the script also lists the status of various Linux kernel
: protection mechanisms.
:
: checksec can check binary-files and running processes for hardening features.