How to Install and Uninstall checksec Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "checksec" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install checksec on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall checksec on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the checksec package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: checksec
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.3-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chen-Ying Kuo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 105
Depends: procps, file, openssl, gawk, binutils
Recommends: curl, wget
Filename: pool/universe/c/checksec/checksec_2.2.3-1_all.deb
Size: 22348
MD5sum: bf1b31a3d90ff536e4c48025168d9d83
SHA1: 71d55c632bc6f51ee788e0553a09ed9a5bd2e9a2
SHA256: 9d9467fa60eda370f6299a208204e4c7aa2df37c7298453d057353ee0696ad93
SHA512: 0ed30a75819f54e7c3d99fff193f94eb8499c19be6713f5505ca3c40afe71056aa84d539b37ee18ddeaaf25887f38a69b47a3a2cff49615d4e983c0367441f72
Homepage: https://github.com/slimm609/checksec.sh
Description-en: 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: a97047856b15e3cdb277f4df737b523f