3.12 Remove Dovecot (IMAP and POP3 services)

Information

Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux based systems.

Rationale:

Unless POP3 and/or IMAP servers are to be provided to this server, it is recommended that the service be deleted to reduce the potential attack surface.

Solution

Run the following command to remove dovecot:

# yum erase dovecot

Default Value:

OS Default: N/A

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3096

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-11, CSCv7|2.6

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 11cdd3be847d88f1135a7d8579782ad35d51a041dd38fa4254dbad5796411574