How to Install and Uninstall paxtest Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "paxtest" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install paxtest on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall paxtest on Kali Linux:


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

Package: paxtest
Version: 1:0.9.15-2
Installed-Size: 1219
Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Size: 31804
SHA256: fc67fdf8e5d989c05f90ad1475a6c328c9a1c858aea89f987a7b85fe108c6e00
SHA1: d230a443eba54154369ea90fecf87e326ef8c065
MD5sum: 5b00c9595091eb6022117da1a6c1a7fb
Description: Test suite for the PaX kernel patch
PaX is a Linux kernel patch which adds much stricter control on how memory
is being used by applications. A normal Linux kernel leaves the control to the
application and does not implement any enforcement. Especially buffer overflow
attacks benefit from the absence of kernel enforced memory control. PaX tries
to do its best to enforce this control of memory used by applications, thereby
making it harder to successfully exploit buffer overflows.
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Paxtest provides a regression test suite that covers most (but not all)
of PaX functionality. It can also be used to test other memory protection
patches.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.grsecurity.net/~spender/
Tag: admin::kernel, admin::user-management, devel::lang:c, devel::library,
devel::testing-qa, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/paxtest/paxtest_0.9.15-2_amd64.deb