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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000032-GPOS-00013

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must log SSH connection attempts and failures to the server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSH provides several logging levels with varying amounts of verbosity. "DEBUG" is specifically not recommended other than str...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000105-GPOS-00052

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 SSHD must accept public key authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000106-GPOS-00053

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 SSHD must not allow blank passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an account has an empty password, anyone could log on and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000109-GPOS-00056

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not permit direct logons to the root account using remote access via SSH.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Even though the communications channel may be encrypted, an additional layer of security is gained by extending the policy of...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000125-GPOS-00065

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must enable the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) interface for SSHD.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When UsePAM is set to "yes", PAM runs through account and session types properly. This is important when restricted access to...
    Rule High Severity

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