The Photon operating system RPM package management tool must cryptographically verify the authenticity of all software packages during installation.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256530	PHTN-30-000059	SV-256530r982212_rule	CCI-001749	medium
Description
Installation of any nontrusted software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components can significantly affect the overall security of the operating system. Ensuring all packages' cryptographic signatures are valid prior to installation ensures the provenance of the software and protects against malicious tampering.
STIG			Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide			2024-12-16

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 2 frameworks

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (12) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-4Audit Log Storage Capacity

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-14Signed Components

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-5(1)Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-5(3)Signed Components

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-7Least Functionality

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-7(5)Authorized Software — Allow-by-exception

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-2(5)Individual Authentication with Group Authentication

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

SC-2Separation of System and User Functionality

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

SC-23Session Authenticity

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+2 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-001749

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-256530r982212_chk)

At the command line, run the following command: # grep -s nosignature /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc /etc/rpmrc ~root/.rpmrc If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60148r887263_fix)

Open the file containing "nosignature" with a text editor and remove the option.