SV-216205r1155804: The operating system must be a supported release. | Solaris 11 X86 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The operating system must be a supported release.

Description

Discussion Text

An operating system release is considered supported if the vendor continues to provide security patches for the product. With an unsupported release, it will not be possible to resolve security issues discovered in the system software. Release Released Premier Support Extended Support 11 09 Nov 2011 NA NA 11.1 03 Oct 2012 NA NA 11.2 29 Apr 2014 NA NA 11.3 26 Oct 2015 01 Jan 2021 01 Jan 2027 11.4 28 Aug 2018 01 Nov 2031 01 Nov 2037

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366V-48027SV-60899

References

DPMS Target Solaris 11 X86 DISA DPMS Target Solaris 11 X86 4021

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.

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 Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.solaris11:def:41
if [ $(uname -s) = "SunOS" ] && [ $(uname -r) = "5.11" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; else echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi

Remediation

Upgrade to a supported version of the operating system.