RHEL 9 must not have the iprutils package installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257833	RHEL-09-215050	SV-257833r958478_rule		Medium

Description
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. Operating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations (e.g., key missions, functions). The iprutils package provides a suite of utilities to manage and configure SCSI devices supported by the ipr SCSI storage device driver. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Description

It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. Operating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations (e.g., key missions, functions). The iprutils package provides a suite of utilities to manage and configure SCSI devices supported by the ipr SCSI storage device driver. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-61574r925484_chk )
Verify that the iprutils package is not installed with the following command: $ sudo dnf list --installed iprutils Error: No matching Packages to list If the "iprutils" package is installed and is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61498r925485_fix)
Remove the iprutils package with the following command: $ sudo dnf remove iprutils