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V-204458

CAT I (High)

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be a vendor supported release.

Rule ID

SV-204458r991589_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R15

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

An operating system release is considered "supported" if the vendor continues to provide security patches for the product. With an unsupported release, it will not be possible to resolve security issues discovered in the system software.

Check Content

Verify the version of the operating system is vendor supported.

Check the version of the operating system with the following command:

# cat /etc/redhat-release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo)

Current End of Maintenance Support for RHEL 7.9 is 30 June 2024.

If the release is not supported by the vendor, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Upgrade to a supported version of the operating system.