RHEL 9 must have the rng-tools package installed.

Documentable No

Rule ID SV-257841r1044914_rule

CCI References

CCI-000366

Discussion

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

Check Procedure

Verify that RHEL 9 has the rng-tools package installed with the following command:

$ 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 Action

The rng-tools package can be installed with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install rng-tools