RHEL 9 must have the rng-tools package installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257841	RHEL-09-215090	SV-257841r925510_rule		Medium

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

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-61582r925508_chk )
Verify that RHEL 9 has the rng-tools package installed with the following command: $ sudo 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 (F-61506r925509_fix)
The rng-tools package can be installed with the following command: $ sudo dnf install rng-tools