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Install audispd-plugins Package

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The audispd-plugins package can be installed with the following command:

$ sudo yum install audispd-plugins

Rationale

audispd-plugins provides plugins for the real-time interface to the audit subsystem, audispd. These plugins can do things like relay events to remote machines or analyze events for suspicious behavior.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_audispd-plugins_installed
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Anaconda Pre-Install Instructions


package --add=audispd-plugins

Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


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

Remediation - Ansible

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

Remediation - Puppet

include install_audispd-plugins

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

Remediation - Shell Script

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

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