RHEL 9 must not have the quagga package installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257836	RHEL-09-215065	SV-257836r1044908_rule		Medium

Description

Quagga is a network routing software suite providing implementations of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for Unix and Linux platforms. If there is no need to make the router software available, removing it provides a safeguard against its activation.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-12-04

Details

Check Text (C-61577r1044907_chk)

Verify that the quagga package is not installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed quagga

Error: No matching Packages to list

If the "quagga" 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-61501r925494_fix)

Remove the quagga package with the following command:

$ sudo dnf remove quagga