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Record Events that Modify the System's Mandatory Access Controls in usr/share

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If the auditd daemon is configured to use the augenrules program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix .rules in the directory /etc/audit/rules.d:

-w /usr/share/selinux/ -p wa -k MAC-policy
If the auditd daemon is configured to use the auditctl utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to /etc/audit/audit.rules file:
-w /usr/share/selinux/ -p wa -k MAC-policy

Rationale

The system's mandatory access policy (SELinux) should not be arbitrarily changed by anything other than administrator action. All changes to MAC policy should be audited.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_mac_modification_usr_share
Severity
Medium
References
Updated