Ensure gpgcheck Enabled In Main yum Configuration
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The gpgcheck option controls whether
RPM packages’ signatures are always checked prior to installation.
To configure yum to check package signatures before installing
them, ensure the following line appears in /etc/yum.conf in
the [main] section:
Rationale
Changes to any software components can have significant effects on the
overall security of the operating system. This requirement ensures the
software has not been tampered with and that it has been provided by a
trusted vendor.
Accordingly, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system
components must be signed with a certificate recognized and approved by the
organization.
Verifying the authenticity of the software prior to installation
validates the integrity of the patch or upgrade received from a vendor.
This ensures the software has not been tampered with and that it has been
provided by a trusted vendor. Self-signed certificates are disallowed by
this requirement. Certificates used to verify the software must be from an
approved Certificate Authority (CA).
Shell script
The following script can be run on the host to remediate the issue.
#!/bin/bash
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q yum; then
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^gpgcheck")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "1"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^gpgcheck\\>" "/etc/yum.conf"; then
escaped_formatted_output=$(sed -e 's|/|\\/|g' <<< "$formatted_output")
LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks "s/^gpgcheck\\>.*/$escaped_formatted_output/gi" "/etc/yum.conf"
else
if [[ -s "/etc/yum.conf" ]] && [[ -n "$(tail -c 1 -- "/etc/yum.conf" || true)" ]]; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks '$a'\\ "/etc/yum.conf"
fi
cce="CCE-26989-4"
printf '# Per %s: Set %s in %s\n' "${cce}" "${formatted_output}" "/etc/yum.conf" >> "/etc/yum.conf"
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/yum.conf"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Ansible playbook
The following playbook can be run with Ansible to remediate the issue.
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-26989-4
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020050
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(b)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SA-12
- NIST-800-53-SA-12(10)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- PCI-DSSv4-6.3.3
- configure_strategy
- ensure_gpgcheck_globally_activated
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
- name: Ensure GPG check is globally activated
ini_file:
dest: /etc/yum.conf
section: main
option: gpgcheck
value: 1
no_extra_spaces: true
create: false
when: '"yum" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-26989-4
- CJIS-5.10.4.1
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-07-020050
- NIST-800-171-3.4.8
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-11(b)
- NIST-800-53-CM-5(3)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-SA-12
- NIST-800-53-SA-12(10)
- NIST-800-53-SC-12
- NIST-800-53-SC-12(3)
- NIST-800-53-SI-7
- PCI-DSS-Req-6.2
- PCI-DSSv4-6.3.3
- configure_strategy
- ensure_gpgcheck_globally_activated
- high_severity
- low_complexity
- medium_disruption
- no_reboot_needed
