AlmaLinux OS 9 must use the TuxCare ESU repository.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-269125 | ALMA-09-004310 | SV-269125r1107616_rule | CCI-000068 | high |
| Description | ||||
| FIPS 140-3-validated packages are available from TuxCare. The TuxCare repositories provide the packages and updates not found in the community repositories. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014, SRG-OS-000125-GPOS-00065, SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176, SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Cloud Linux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-02-27 | |||
Related Frameworks
3 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AC-17(2)
1.00
- DISA · V1R6 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.1.13
1.00
- DISA · V1R6 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000068
1.00
- DISA · V1R6 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-269125r1107616_chk)
Verify that AlmaLinux OS 9 is using the TuxCare ESU repositories with the following command:
$ dnf repolist | grep tuxcare
tuxcare-base TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux 9.2 - Base
tuxcare-esu TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux 9.2 - ESU
tuxcare-radar TuxCare Radar
If the tuxcare-esu repository is not enabled, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-73057r1107615_fix)
FIPS-validated packages are available from TuxCare as part of the Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux product line. Access the packages by purchasing an ESU license key.
Configure the operating system to implement FIPS mode with the following commands (replace 9.2 with 9.6 if using that version of ESU):
$ dnf -y install https://repo.tuxcare.com/tuxcare/tuxcare-release-latest-9.2.noarch.rpm
$ tuxctl --license-key ESU-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
$ dnf -y upgrade
$ fips-mode-setup --enable
$ reboot