Ensure SETroubleshoot is not installed

MediumLevel 1Automatedlinux

Description

The SETroubleshoot service notifies desktop users of SELinux denials through a user- friendly interface. The service provides important information around configuration errors, unauthorized intrusions, and other potential errors.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

alt0() { command -v rpm >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: rpm not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'rpm -q setroubleshoot' 2>&1); printf '%s\n' "$o" | tr -s ' \t' '  ' | sed 's/^ //;s/ $//' | grep -Fxq -- 'package setroubleshoot is not installed' || { echo step1: missing 'package setroubleshoot is not installed'; return 1; }; }; if alt0; then echo compliant; fi

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Run the following command to uninstall setroubleshoot: # dnf remove setroubleshoot

Properties

Operating systems: rocky-9
Tags: cis-convertedlinux
Reference: CIS Rocky Linux 9 Benchmark v3.0.0 - 1.3.1.8

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target linux