How to Install and Uninstall checksec Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "checksec" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install checksec on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                checksec
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "checksec" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall checksec on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                checksec
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the checksec package on Kali Linux

Package: checksec
Version: 2.6.0-2
Installed-Size: 94
Maintainer: Chen-Ying Kuo
Architecture: all
Depends: procps, file, openssl, gawk, binutils
Recommends: curl, wget
Size: 23572
SHA256: d9eb05d6462d5b810389153dc63f03bd74d4f19f5e57c858d3610ad7877ddc99
SHA1: 8338a1ecb32feedd087aae963a952ac582e472f7
MD5sum: 0afc70a631ee75175a6668e331593f5a
Description: Bash script to test executable properties
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.sh script is
designed to test what standard Linux OS and PaX security features are being
used.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/slimm609/checksec.sh
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/checksec/checksec_2.6.0-2_all.deb