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V-282634CAT II — Medium severitySV-282634r1200882_rule

TOSS 5 must not have the sendmail package installed.

Rule version TOSS-05-000122 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

The "sendmail "software was not developed with security in mind, and its design prevents it from being effectively contained by SELinux. Postfix must be used instead.

Check

Verify the "sendmail" package is not installed using the following command:

$ sudo dnf list --installed sendmail

Error: No matching Packages to list

If the "sendmail" package is installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Remove the "sendmail" package using the following command:

$ sudo dnf remove sendmail

Identifiers

Group ID
V-282634
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-282634r1200882_rule
Check ID
C-87195r1200880_chk
Fix ID
F-87100r1200881_fix