RHEL 9 must have the nss-tools package installed.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-257840 | RHEL-09-215085 | SV-257840r991589_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Install the "nss-tools" package to install command-line tools to manipulate the NSS certificate and key database. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-257840r991589_chk)
Verify that RHEL 9 has the nss-tools package installed with the following command:
$ dnf list --installed nss-tools
Example output:
nss-tools.x86_64 3.71.0-7.el9
If the "nss-tools" package is not installed, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-61505r925506_fix)
The nss-tools package can be installed with the following command:
$ sudo dnf install nss-tools