STIGUI
V-216289CAT III — Low severitySV-216289r959010_rule

The pidgin IM client package must not be installed.

Rule version SOL-11.1-020120 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

Instant messaging is an insecure protocol.

Check

Determine if the pidgin package is installed.

# pkg list communication/im/pidgin

If an installed package named communication/im/pidgin is listed, this is a finding.

Fix

The Software Installation Profile is required.

# pfexec pkg uninstall communication/im/pidgin

Identifiers

Group ID
V-216289
Group title
SRG-OS-000480
Rule ID
SV-216289r959010_rule
Check ID
C-17525r370955_chk
Fix ID
F-17523r370956_fix