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The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be a vendor supported release.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-71997 RHEL-07-020250 SV-86621r3_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 2018-11-28

Details

Check Text ( C-72229r6_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 7.4 (Maipo)

Current End of Life for RHEL 7.1 is 31 March 2017

Current End of Life for RHEL 7.2 is 30 November 2017.

Current End of Life for RHEL 7.3 is 30 November 2018.

Current End of Life for RHEL 7.4 is 31 August 2019.

Current End of Life for RHEL 7.5 is 30 April 2020

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.