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V-282638CAT II — Medium severitySV-282638r1200894_rule

TOSS 5 must have the rng-tools package installed.

Rule version TOSS-05-000131 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

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

Check

Verify TOSS 5 has the "rng-tools" package installed using the following command:

$ sudo dnf list --installed rng-tools

Example output:

rng-tools.x86_64 6.14-2.git.b2b7934e.el9

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

Fix

Install the "rng-tools" package using the following command:

$ sudo dnf install rng-tools

Identifiers

Group ID
V-282638
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-282638r1200894_rule
Check ID
C-87199r1200892_chk
Fix ID
F-87104r1200893_fix