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OL09-00-000242 - OL 9 must not allow the cryptographic policy to be overridden.

Information

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

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure OL 9 to correctly implement the systemwide cryptographic policies by reinstalling the crypto-policies package contents.

Reinstall crypto-policies with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y reinstall crypto-policies

Set the crypto-policy to FIPS with the following command:

$ sudo update-crypto-policies --set FIPS

Setting system policy to FIPS

Note: Systemwide crypto policies are applied on application startup. It is recommended to restart the system for the change of policies to fully take place.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_9_V1R5_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: MAINTENANCE, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|MA-4(6), 800-53|SC-13, CAT|I, CCI|CCI-002450, CCI|CCI-002890, CCI|CCI-003123, Rule-ID|SV-271479r1184180_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000242, Vuln-ID|V-271479

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: cd5e57b1042753790e3953ca9b75a49b418c7babbabe0de52940653fc79e1c71