The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not allow a non-certificate trusted host SSH logon to the system.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating system security.
- ID
- SV-204435r877377_rule
- Version
- RHEL-07-010470
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the operating system to not allow a non-certificate trusted host SSH logon to the system.
Edit the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file to uncomment or add the line for "HostbasedAuthentication" keyword and set the value to "no":
HostbasedAuthentication no
The SSH service must be restarted for changes to take effect.