The operating system must enable the SELinux targeted policy.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-71991	RHEL-07-020220	SV-86615r2_rule		High

Description
Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed. Security function is defined as the hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based. Security functionality includes, but is not limited to, establishing system accounts, configuring access authorizations (i.e., permissions, privileges), setting events to be audited, and setting intrusion detection parameters. This requirement applies to operating systems performing security function verification/testing and/or systems and environments that require this functionality.

Description

Without verification of the security functions, security functions may not operate correctly and the failure may go unnoticed. Security function is defined as the hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based. Security functionality includes, but is not limited to, establishing system accounts, configuring access authorizations (i.e., permissions, privileges), setting events to be audited, and setting intrusion detection parameters. This requirement applies to operating systems performing security function verification/testing and/or systems and environments that require this functionality.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-07-08

Details

Check Text ( C-72223r5_chk )
Verify the operating system verifies correct operation of all security functions. Check if "SELinux" is active and is enforcing the targeted policy with the following command: # sestatus SELinux status: enabled SELinuxfs mount: /selinu XCurrent mode: enforcing Mode from config file: enforcing Policy version: 24 Policy from config file: targeted If the "Policy from config file" is not set to "targeted", or the "Loaded policy name" is not set to "targeted", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-72223r5_chk )

Verify the operating system verifies correct operation of all security functions.

Check if "SELinux" is active and is enforcing the targeted policy with the following command:

# sestatus
SELinux status: enabled
SELinuxfs mount: /selinu
XCurrent mode: enforcing
Mode from config file: enforcing
Policy version: 24
Policy from config file: targeted

If the "Policy from config file" is not set to "targeted", or the "Loaded policy name" is not set to "targeted", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-78343r2_fix)
Configure the operating system to verify correct operation of all security functions. Set the "SELinuxtype" to the "targeted" policy by modifying the "/etc/selinux/config" file to have the following line: SELINUXTYPE=targeted A reboot is required for the changes to take effect.