AlmaLinux OS 9 must use the TuxCare FIPS repository.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
high	V-269125	SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014	ALMA-09-004310	SV-269125r1069343_rule	2025-02-20	1

Description
FIPS 140-3 validated packages are available from TuxCare. The TuxCare repositories provide the packages and updates not found in the community repositories. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014, SRG-OS-000125-GPOS-00065, SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176, SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223

ℹ️ Check
Verify that AlmaLinux OS 9 is using the TuxCare FIPS repositories with the following command: $ dnf repolist \| grep tuxcare tuxcare-base TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux OS 9.2 - Base tuxcare-esu TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux OS 9.2 - ESU tuxcare-fips TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux OS 9.2 - FIPS Compliance Extension If the three tuxcare-* repositories above are not enabled, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify that AlmaLinux OS 9 is using the TuxCare FIPS repositories with the following command: $ dnf repolist | grep tuxcare tuxcare-base TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux OS 9.2 - Base tuxcare-esu TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux OS 9.2 - ESU tuxcare-fips TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux OS 9.2 - FIPS Compliance Extension If the three tuxcare-* repositories above are not enabled, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
FIPS-validated packages are available from TuxCare as part of the Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux product line. Access the packages by purchasing an ESU license key. Configure the operating system to implement FIPS mode with the following commands: $ dnf -y install https://repo.tuxcare.com/tuxcare/tuxcare-release-latest-9.2.$(uname -i).rpm $ tuxctl ---fips --license-key ESU-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX $ dnf -y install openssl-3.0.7-20.el9_2.tuxcare.1 kernel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.tuxcare.5 gnutls-3.7.6-23.el9_2.tuxcare.3 nettle-3.8-3.el9_2.tuxcare.1 libgcrypt-1.10.0-10.el9_2.tuxcare.3 nss-3.90.0-6.el9_2.tuxcare.1 $ grubby --set-default=/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.tuxcare.5.$(uname -i) $ fips-mode-setup --enable $ reboot

✔️ Fix

FIPS-validated packages are available from TuxCare as part of the Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux product line. Access the packages by purchasing an ESU license key. Configure the operating system to implement FIPS mode with the following commands: $ dnf -y install https://repo.tuxcare.com/tuxcare/tuxcare-release-latest-9.2.$(uname -i).rpm $ tuxctl ---fips --license-key ESU-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX $ dnf -y install openssl-3.0.7-20.el9_2.tuxcare.1 kernel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.tuxcare.5 gnutls-3.7.6-23.el9_2.tuxcare.3 nettle-3.8-3.el9_2.tuxcare.1 libgcrypt-1.10.0-10.el9_2.tuxcare.3 nss-3.90.0-6.el9_2.tuxcare.1 $ grubby --set-default=/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.tuxcare.5.$(uname -i) $ fips-mode-setup --enable $ reboot