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Install libselinux Package

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The libselinux package can be installed with the following command: 
$ sudo yum install libselinux

Rationale

Security-enhanced Linux is a feature of the Linux kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add mandatory access controls to Linux. The libselinux package contains the core library of the Security-enhanced Linux system.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_libselinux_installed
Severity
High
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Puppet Snippet

include install_libselinux
class install_libselinux {
  package { 'libselinux':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }
}

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - PCI-DSSv4-1.2
  - PCI-DSSv4-1.2.6

script:kickstart

package install libselinux

OS Build Blueprint

[[packages]]
name = "libselinux"
version = "*"

script:bootc

dnf install libselinux

Anaconda Pre-Install Instructions

package --add=libselinux

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q kernel; then
if ! rpm -q --quiet "libselinux" ; then
    yum install -y "libselinux"
fi