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Enable the Safe Browsing Feature

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Chromium has the capability to check URLs for known malware and phishing associated with websites through the Safe Browsing Feature. This can be enabled by setting SafeBrowsingEnabled to true in the Chromium policy file.

Rationale

Safe browsing uses a signature database to test sites when they are be loaded to ensure that sites do not contain any known malware.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_chromium_enable_safe_browsing
Severity
Unknown
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Shell Script

if ! grep -q SafeBrowsingEnabled /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json; then
   sed -i -e '/{/a \  "'SafeBrowsingEnabled'": 'true',' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
else
   sed -i -e 's/\"'SafeBrowsingEnabled'.*/\"'SafeBrowsingEnabled'\": 'true',/g' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
fi