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RHEL 9 crypto policy must not be overridden.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Centralized cryptographic policies simplify applying secure ciphers across an operating system and the applications that run on that operating system. Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173, SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-258236r987791_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure RHEL 9 to FIPS crypto policy.

$ sudo ln -s /usr/share/crypto-policies/FIPS/<service>.txt /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/<service>.conf

Replace <service> with every service that is not set to FIPS.