The operating system must be a vendor supported release.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-71997	RHEL-07-020250	SV-86621r2_rule		High

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.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-12-14

Details

Check Text ( C-72229r3_chk )
Verify the version of the operating system is vendor supported. Check the version of the operating system with the following command: # cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo) Current End of Life for RHEL 7.2 is Q4 2020. Current End of Life for RHEL 7.3 is 30 June 2024. If the release is not supported by the vendor, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-78349r1_fix)
Upgrade to a supported version of the operating system.