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V-257954CAT II — Medium severitySV-257954r1268251_rule

RHEL 9 libreswan package must be installed.

Rule version RHEL-09-252065 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

Providing the ability for remote users or systems to initiate a secure VPN connection protects information when it is transmitted over a wide area network.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061

Check

Note: If there is no operational need for Libreswan to be installed, this rule is not applicable.

Verify that RHEL 9 libreswan service package is installed.

Check that the libreswan service package is installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed libreswan

Example output:

libreswan.x86_64 4.6-3.el9

If the "libreswan" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Install the libreswan service (if it is not already installed) with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install libreswan

Identifiers

Group ID
V-257954
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-257954r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-61695r1101930_chk
Fix ID
F-61619r925848_fix