RHEL 9 must have the nss-tools package installed.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-257840 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | RHEL-09-215085 | SV-257840r991589_rule | 2026-02-05 | 2 |
Description
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Install the "nss-tools" package to install command-line tools to manipulate the NSS certificate and key database.
ℹ️ Check
Verify that RHEL 9 has the nss-tools package installed with the following command:
$ dnf list --installed nss-tools
Example output:
nss-tools.x86_64 3.71.0-7.el9
If the "nss-tools" package is not installed, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
The nss-tools package can be installed with the following command:
$ sudo dnf install nss-tools