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Ensure the default plugins for the audit dispatcher are Installed

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The audit-audispd-plugins package should be installed.

Rationale

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_audit-audispd-plugins_installed
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Anaconda Pre-Install Instructions


package --add=audit-audispd-plugins

Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


[[packages]]
name = "audit-audispd-plugins"
version = "*"

Remediation - Ansible

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

Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then

if ! rpm -q --quiet "audit-audispd-plugins" ; then
    yum install -y "audit-audispd-plugins"
fi

Remediation - Puppet

include install_audit-audispd-plugins

class install_audit-audispd-plugins {
  package { 'audit-audispd-plugins':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }