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Install libselinux Package

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The libselinux package can be installed with the following command: 

$ sudo yum 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 = "libselinux"
version = "*"

Remediation - Ansible

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

Remediation - Puppet

include install_libselinux

class install_libselinux {
  package { 'libselinux':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }