The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not allow users to override SSH environment variables.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating system security.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-204434r877377_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the operating system to not allow users to override environment variables to the SSH daemon.
Edit the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file to uncomment or add the line for "PermitUserEnvironment" keyword and set the value to "no":
PermitUserEnvironment no