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V-256536

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system must remove all software components after updated versions have been installed.

Rule ID

SV-256536r958936_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-002617

Discussion

Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed may be exploited by adversaries. Some information technology products may remove older versions of software automatically from the information system.

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep -i "^clean_requirements_on_remove" /etc/tdnf/tdnf.conf

Expected result:

clean_requirements_on_remove=true

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

/etc/tdnf/tdnf.conf

Remove any existing "clean_requirements_on_remove" line and ensure the following line is present:

clean_requirements_on_remove=true