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Install libselinux Package

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The libselinux package can be installed with the following command:

$ sudo zypper install libselinux

Rationale

Security-enhanced Linux is a feature of the Linux kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add mandatory access controls to Linux. The libselinux package contains the core library of the Security-enhanced Linux system.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_libselinux_installed
Severity
High
References
Updated



Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


[[packages]]
name = "libselinux1"
version = "*"

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Ensure libselinux1 is installed
  package:
    name: libselinux1
    state: present
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:

Remediation - Puppet

include install_libselinux1

class install_libselinux1 {
  package { 'libselinux1':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }

Remediation - Shell Script

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

zypper install -y "libselinux1"

else