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V-269298CAT II — Medium severitySV-269298r1050180_rule

AlmaLinux OS 9 must have the rng-tools package installed.

Rule version ALMA-09-024660 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

Discussion

"rng-tools" provides hardware random number generator tools, such as those used in the formation of x509/PKI certificates.

Check

Verify that AlmaLinux OS 9 has the rng-tools package installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed rng-tools

rng-tools.x86_64 6.15-3.el9 @baseos

If the "rng-tools" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

The rng-tools package can be installed with the following command:

$ dnf install rng-tools

Identifiers

Group ID
V-269298
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-269298r1050180_rule
Check ID
C-73329r1049465_chk
Fix ID
F-73230r1048271_fix