IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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The AIX SSH daemon must not allow compression.
<VulnDiscussion>If compression is allowed in an SSH connection prior to authentication, vulnerabilities in the compression software could res...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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AIX must turn on SSH daemon privilege separation.
<VulnDiscussion>SSH daemon privilege separation causes the SSH process to drop root privileges when not needed, which would decrease the impa...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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AIX must turn on SSH daemon reverse name checking.
<VulnDiscussion>If reverse name checking is off, SSH may allow a remote attacker to circumvent security policies and attempt to or actually l...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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AIX SSH daemon must perform strict mode checking of home directory configuration files.
<VulnDiscussion>If other users have access to modify user-specific SSH configuration files, they may be able to log into the system as anothe...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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AIX must turn off X11 forwarding for the SSH daemon.
<VulnDiscussion>X11 forwarding over SSH allows for the secure remote execution of X11-based applications. This feature can increase the attac...Rule Medium Severity
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