SV-258140r1106460: RHEL 9 must have the rsyslog package installed. | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 9 must have the rsyslog package installed.

Description

Discussion Text

rsyslogd is a system utility providing support for message logging. Support for both internet and Unix domain sockets enables this utility to support both local and remote logging. Couple this utility with "gnutls" (which is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS, and DTLS protocols), to create a method to securely encrypt and offload auditing. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224, SRG-OS-000051-GPOS-00024, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000154Not mappedCCI-001851

References

DPMS Target Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 DISA DPMS Target Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 5551

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

Verify RHEL 9 has the rsyslog package installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed rsyslog

Example output:

rsyslog.x86_64          8.2102.0-101.el9_0.1

If the "rsyslog" package is not installed, this is a finding.

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.rhel9os:def:258140
# RHEL 9 must have the rsyslog package installed.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# The rsyslog package is installed.
# rpminfo_object (rpminfo_test)
test_1() {
  rpm -q --quiet 'rsyslog' &>/dev/null
}

if test_1; then
  echo "PASS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

Assessment Script Powered by AISandbox-executed

A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.

Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.

#!/bin/sh
# oval:mil.disa.stig.rhel9os:def:258140
if ! command -v rpm &> /dev/null; then echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi
if rpm -qa | grep -q rsyslog; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; else echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi

Remediation

Install the rsyslog package with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install rsyslog