The operating system must be a supported release.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
high	V-216442	SRG-OS-000480	SOL-11.1-080010	SV-216442r1155800_rule	2025-11-20	3

Description
An 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. Release Released Premier Support Extended Support 11 09 Nov 2011 NA NA 11.1 03 Oct 2012 NA NA 11.2 29 Apr 2014 NA NA 11.3 26 Oct 2015 01 Jan 2021 01 Jan 2027 11.4 28 Aug 2018 01 Nov 2031 01 Nov 2037

Description

An 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. Release Released Premier Support Extended Support 11 09 Nov 2011 NA NA 11.1 03 Oct 2012 NA NA 11.2 29 Apr 2014 NA NA 11.3 26 Oct 2015 01 Jan 2021 01 Jan 2027 11.4 28 Aug 2018 01 Nov 2031 01 Nov 2037

ℹ️ Check
Determine the operating system version. # uname -a If the release is not supported by the vendor, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Upgrade to a supported version of the operating system.