Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V2 · R9

ArchivedPublished Wed Jul 01 2026

RHEL 9 must not have the quagga package installed.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 9 must not have the quagga package installed.

Description

Discussion Text

Quagga is a network routing software suite providing implementations of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for Unix and Linux platforms.

If there is no need to make the router software available, removing it provides a safeguard against its activation.

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Objective

V-257836

Rule

SV-257836r1044908_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-09-215065

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify that the quagga package is not installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed quagga

Error: No matching Packages to list

If the "quagga" package is installed and is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove the quagga package with the following command:

$ sudo dnf remove quagga

STIG check 59 of 445 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG checklist

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