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V-271512CAT II — Medium severitySV-271512r1091248_rule

OL 9 must have the rng-tools package installed.

Rule version OL09-00-000370 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-21

Discussion

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

Check

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

$ dnf list --installed rng-tools Installed Packages rng-tools.x86_64 6.16-1.el9 @ol9_baseos_latest

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

Fix

Install the rng-tools package with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install -y rng-tools

Identifiers

Group ID
V-271512
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-271512r1091248_rule
Check ID
C-75562r1091246_chk
Fix ID
F-75469r1091247_fix