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Vendor-provided cryptographic certificates must be installed to verify the integrity of system software.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-50689 OL6-00-000008 SV-64895r2_rule High
Description
This key is necessary to cryptographically verify packages that packages are from the operating system vendor.
STIG Date
Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-03-01

Details

Check Text ( C-53181r2_chk )
To ensure that the GPG key is installed, run:

$ rpm -q gpg-pubkey

The command should return the string below:

gpg-pubkey-ec551f03-4c2d256a

If the operating system vendor GPG Key is not installed, this is a
finding.
Fix Text (F-55485r1_fix)
To ensure the system can cryptographically verify the software packages come from the operating system vendor (and connect to the vendor's network software repository to receive them if desired), the vendor GPG key must properly be installed. To ensure the GPG key is installed, run:

# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol6
# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol6