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Disable the prosody_bind_http_port SELinux Boolean

An XCCDF Rule

Description

By default, the SELinux boolean prosody_bind_http_port is disabled. If this setting is enabled, it should be disabled. To disable the prosody_bind_http_port SELinux boolean, run the following command:

$ sudo setsebool -P prosody_bind_http_port off

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sebool_prosody_bind_http_port
Severity
Medium
Updated



Remediation - Shell Script

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

if ! rpm -q --quiet "python3-libsemanage" ; then
    yum install -y "python3-libsemanage"
fi

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Disable the prosody_bind_http_port SELinux Boolean - Ensure python3-libsemanage
    Installed
  package:
    name: python3-libsemanage
    state: present
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]