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Ensure AppArmor is installed

An XCCDF Rule

Description

AppArmor provide Mandatory Access Controls.

Rationale

Without a Mandatory Access Control system installed only the default Discretionary Access Control system will be available.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_apparmor_installed
Severity
Medium
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Puppet Snippet

include install_apparmor-profiles
class install_apparmor-profiles {
  package { 'apparmor-profiles':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }
}

An Ansible Snippet

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

OS Build Blueprint

[[packages]]
name = "apparmor-profiles"
version = "*"

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
zypper install -y "apparmor-profiles"

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