Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V2 · R9

ArchivedPublished Wed Jul 01 2026

RHEL 9 must have the packages required for encrypting offloaded audit logs installed.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 9 must have the packages required for encrypting offloaded audit logs installed.

Description

Discussion Text

The rsyslog-gnutls package provides Transport Layer Security (TLS) support for the rsyslog daemon, which enables secure remote logging.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061

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Objective

V-258141

Rule

SV-258141r1045280_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-09-652015

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

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

$ dnf list --installed rsyslog-gnutls

Example output:

rsyslog-gnutls.x86_64          8.2102.0-101.el9_0.1

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

The  rsyslog-gnutls package can be installed with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install rsyslog-gnutls

STIG check 343 of 445 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG checklist

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