SV-258082r1045166: RHEL 9 policycoreutils-python-utils package must be installed. | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 9 policycoreutils-python-utils package must be installed.

Description

Discussion Text

The policycoreutils-python-utils package is required to operate and manage an SELinux environment and its policies. It provides utilities such as semanage, audit2allow, audit2why, chcat, and sandbox.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366

References

DPMS Target Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 DISA DPMS Target Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 5551

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

Verify that RHEL 9 policycoreutils-python-utils service package is installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed policycoreutils-python-utils

Example output:

policycoreutils-python-utils.noarch          3.3-6.el9_0

If the "policycoreutils-python-utils" package is not installed, this is a finding.

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.rhel9os:def:258082
# RHEL 9 policycoreutils-python-utils package must be installed.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# rpminfo_object (rpminfo_test)
test_1() {
  rpm -q --quiet 'policycoreutils-python-utils' &>/dev/null
}

if test_1; then
  echo "PASS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

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A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.

Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.

#!/bin/sh
# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.rhel9os:def:258082
if [ ! -x "$(command -v rpm)" ]; then echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi
if [ -z "$(rpm -q policycoreutils-python-utils 2>/dev/null)" ]; then echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi
echo "PASS"; exit 0

Remediation

Install the policycoreutils-python-utils service package (if the policycoreutils-python-utils service is not already installed) with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install policycoreutils-python-utils