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V-257825

CAT II (Medium)

RHEL 9 subscription-manager package must be installed.

Rule ID

SV-257825r1184291_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R8

CCIs

CCI-003992 CCI-001749

Discussion

The Red Hat Subscription Manager application manages software subscriptions and software repositories for installed software products on the local system. It communicates with backend servers, such as the Red Hat Customer Portal or an on-premise instance of Subscription Asset Manager, to register the local system and grant access to software resources determined by the subscription entitlement.

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Note: If the system is not an internet connected system, this requirement is not applicable.

Verify that RHEL 9 subscription-manager package is installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed subscription-manager

Example output:

subscription-manager.x86_64          1.29.26-3.el9_0

If the "subscription-manager" package is not installed, this is a finding.

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The  subscription-manager package can be installed with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install subscription-manager