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Install usbguard Package

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The usbguard package can be installed with the following command: 

$ sudo yum install usbguard

Rationale

usbguard is a software framework that helps to protect against rogue USB devices by implementing basic whitelisting/blacklisting capabilities based on USB device attributes.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_usbguard_installed
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Kubernetes Patch

---
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
  config:
    ignition:

Remediation - Anaconda Pre-Install Instructions


package --add=usbguard

Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


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

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Ensure usbguard is installed
  package:
    name: usbguard
    state: present
  when: ( ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman",
    "container"] and ansible_architecture != "s390x" )

Remediation - Puppet

include install_usbguard

class install_usbguard {
  package { 'usbguard':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }

Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if ( [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && ! grep -q s390x /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease ); then

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