RHEL 8 must prevent the installation of software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components of local packages without verification they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is recognized and approved by the organization.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-230265	RHEL-08-010371	SV-230265r877463_rule		High

Description
Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the operating system. This requirement ensures the software has not been tampered with and that it has been provided by a trusted vendor. Accordingly, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components must be signed with a certificate recognized and approved by the organization. Verifying the authenticity of the software prior to installation validates the integrity of the patch or upgrade received from a vendor. This verifies the software has not been tampered with and that it has been provided by a trusted vendor. Self-signed certificates are disallowed by this requirement. The operating system should not have to verify the software again. This requirement does not mandate DoD certificates for this purpose; however, the certificate used to verify the software must be from an approved CA.

Description

Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the overall security of the operating system. This requirement ensures the software has not been tampered with and that it has been provided by a trusted vendor. Accordingly, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components must be signed with a certificate recognized and approved by the organization. Verifying the authenticity of the software prior to installation validates the integrity of the patch or upgrade received from a vendor. This verifies the software has not been tampered with and that it has been provided by a trusted vendor. Self-signed certificates are disallowed by this requirement. The operating system should not have to verify the software again. This requirement does not mandate DoD certificates for this purpose; however, the certificate used to verify the software must be from an approved CA.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-06-02

Details

Check Text ( C-32934r567541_chk )
Verify the operating system prevents the installation of patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components from a repository without verification that they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization. Check if YUM is configured to perform a signature check on local packages with the following command: $ sudo grep -i localpkg_gpgcheck /etc/dnf/dnf.conf localpkg_gpgcheck =True If "localpkg_gpgcheck" is not set to either "1", "True", or "yes", commented out, or is missing from "/etc/dnf/dnf.conf", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-32934r567541_chk )

Verify the operating system prevents the installation of patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components from a repository without verification that they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization.

Check if YUM is configured to perform a signature check on local packages with the following command:

$ sudo grep -i localpkg_gpgcheck /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

localpkg_gpgcheck =True

If "localpkg_gpgcheck" is not set to either "1", "True", or "yes", commented out, or is missing from "/etc/dnf/dnf.conf", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32909r567542_fix)
Configure the operating system to remove all software components after updated versions have been installed. Set the "localpkg_gpgcheck" option to "True" in the "/etc/dnf/dnf.conf" file: localpkg_gpgcheck=True