UBTU-16-010000 - The Ubuntu operating system must be a vendor supported release.

Information

An Ubuntu operating system release is considered 'supported' if the vendor continues to provide security patches for the product. With an unsupported release, it will not be possible to resolve security issues discovered in the system software.

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

Solution

Upgrade to a supported version of the Ubuntu operating system.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_16-04_LTS_V2R3_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-2d., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-001230, Rule-ID|SV-214939r648696_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-16-010000, STIG-Legacy|SV-90069, STIG-Legacy|V-75389, Vuln-ID|V-214939

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d4cbb12be7f0fadd465daeaa3806e724360eba4103aafa961d0194e3a08bb17c