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Ensure the audit Subsystem is Installed

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The audit package should be installed.

Rationale

The auditd service is an access monitoring and accounting daemon, watching system calls to audit any access, in comparison with potential local access control policy such as SELinux policy.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_audit_installed
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

OS Build Blueprint

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

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y "auditd"

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Ensure auditd is installed
  package:
    name: auditd
    state: present
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:

A Puppet Snippet

include install_auditd
class install_auditd {
  package { 'auditd':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }
}