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V-257980

CAT II (Medium)

RHEL 9 must have the openssh-clients package installed.

Rule ID

SV-257980r1045016_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R8

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

This package includes utilities to make encrypted connections and transfer files securely to SSH servers.

Check Content

Verify that RHEL 9 has the openssh-clients package installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed openssh-clients

Example output:

openssh-clients.x86_64          8.7p1-8.el9

If the "openssh-clients" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The openssh-clients package can be installed with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install openssh-clients