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V-258806

CAT I (High)

The Photon operating system must have the OpenSSL FIPS provider installed to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

Rule ID

SV-258806r933479_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000068, CCI-002418, CCI-002420, CCI-002422, CCI-002890, CCI-003123

Discussion

Without confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session. OpenSSH on the Photon operating system when configured appropriately can utilize a FIPS validated OpenSSL for cryptographic operations. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173, SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174, SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187, SRG-OS-000425-GPOS-00189, SRG-OS-000426-GPOS-00190

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command to verify the OpenSSL FIPS provider is installed:

# rpm -qa | grep openssl-fips

Example result:

openssl-fips-provider-3.0.3-1.ph4.x86_64

If there is no output indicating that the OpenSSL FIPS provider is installed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

At the command line, run the following command:

# tdnf install openssl-fips-provider