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XCCDF
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156
AIX must remove !authenticate option from sudo config files.
AIX must remove !authenticate option from sudo config files.
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AIX must remove !authenticate option from sudo config files.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>sudo command does not require reauthentication if !authenticate option is specified in /etc/sudoers config file, or config files in /etc/sudoers.d/ directory. With this tag in sudoers, users are not required to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>