Title

RHEL 8 must have the crypto-policies package installed. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

Centralized cryptographic policies simplify applying secure ciphers across an operating system and the applications that run on that operating system. Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173, SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174

Check Content

Verify the RHEL 8 crypto-policies package is installed with the following command: $ sudo dnf list --installed crypto-policies Updating Subscription Management repositories. Installed Packages crypto-policies.noarch 20230731-1.git3177e06.el8 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms If the crypto-policies package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Install the crypto-policies package (if the package is not already installed) with the following command: $ sudo dnf -y install crypto-policies

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-279933r1156352_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-279933

Group Title: SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176

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