----- Original Message -----
> From: "phil barone" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 2:17:25 PM
> Subject: Auditing Security Vulnerabilities of Centos Products
> 
> I am researching ways to Audit Security Vulnerabilities on Centos using the
> practical example here:
> 
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Security_Guide/sect-Practical_Examples.html
> 
> It shows the use of openscap with com.redhat.rhsa-all.xml and
> com.redhat.rhsa-all.xccdf.xml.
> 
> I have configured a Centos 6.5 system with openscap and scanner 1.2.8.
> 
> The scans run, without any noticeable errors, but it is saying that all tests
> are passing.
> 
> Is this a suitable way to scan for vulnerabilities against installed products
> on Centos as well as redhat systems?

Hi Phil,
as far as I know nobody is providing a CVE OVAL feed for CentOS. You need
a CentOS feed and not the RHEL feed to check vulnerabilities.

Therefore, at the moment, it's not possible to check for CentOS vulnerabilities
using OpenSCAP.

-- 
Martin Preisler
Identity Management and Platform Security | Red Hat, Inc.
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