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V-257841

CAT II (Medium)

RHEL 9 must have the rng-tools package installed.

Rule ID

SV-257841r1044914_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R8

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

"rng-tools" provides hardware random number generator tools, such as those used in the formation of x509/PKI certificates.

Check Content

Verify that RHEL 9 has the rng-tools package installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed rng-tools

Example output:

rng-tools.x86_64          6.14-2.git.b2b7934e.el9

If the "rng-tools" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The rng-tools package can be installed with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install rng-tools