Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

The Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide (V2 R4) has 507 STIG checks. New to STIG checklists? Read What is a STIG checklist?, CKL vs CKLB, and STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

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Severity

Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Thu Jan 26 2023

The system package management tool must cryptographically verify the authenticity of software packages during installation.

Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system package management tool must cryptographically verify the authenticity of software packages during installation.

Description

Discussion Text

To prevent the installation of software from unauthorized sources, the system package management tool must use cryptographic algorithms to verify the packages are authentic.

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Objective

V-227076

Rule

SV-227076r854455_rule

Severity

low

Rule Version

GEN008800

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify package signature validation is not disabled.
# grep "authentication=quit" /var/sadm/install/admin/default
If no configuration is returned, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Edit /var/sadm/install/admin/default and set the authentication setting to quit.

STIG check 501 of 507 in the Solaris 10 SPARC STIG checklist

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