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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The AIX SSH daemon must be configured to disable empty passwords.

    <VulnDiscussion>When password authentication is allowed, PermitEmptyPasswords specifies whether the server allows login to accounts with empt...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • The AIX SSH daemon must be configured to disable user .rhosts files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Trust .rhost file means a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&g...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • The AIX SSH daemon must be configured to not use host-based authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts.&lt;/VulnDiscuss...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • The AIX SSH daemon must not allow RhostsRSAAuthentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If SSH permits rhosts RSA authentication, a user may be able to log in based on the keys of the host originating the request ...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00232

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  • If AIX SSH daemon is required, the SSH daemon must only listen on the approved listening IP addresses.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The SSH daemon should only listen on the approved listening IP addresses. Otherwise the SSH service could be subject to unaut...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This prevents attackers with physical access from trivially bypassing security on the machine and gaining root access. Such a...
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  • SRG-OS-000281-GPOS-00111

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  • The control script lists of preloaded libraries must contain only absolute paths on AIX systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the ...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must define default permissions for all authenticated users in such a way that the user can only read and modify their own files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures that when new accounts are created they do not have unnecessary acce...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • There must be no .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv files on the AIX system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Trust files are convenient, but when used in conjunction with the remote login services, they can allow unauthenticated acces...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • AIX run control scripts executable search paths must contain only absolute paths.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search t...
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  • SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042

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