Is it possible to remove curl package without affecting functions of RHEL?

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Issue

  • Is it possible to remove curl package without affecting functions of RHEL?
  • RHEL7 is affected by CVE-2022-43552. The fix for CVE-2022-43552 in RHEL 7 is released: RHSA-2023:7743
  • A third party security scanner suggests mitigating the CVE-2022-43552 vulnerability by uninstalling the curl package.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux - All versions

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