The AIX SSH daemon must be configured to disable user .rhosts files.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Trust .rhost file means a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts.
- ID
- SV-215303r991591_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-002121
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Edit "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" and add or update the "IgnoreRhosts " line as:
IgnoreRhosts yes
Save the change and restart ssh daemon:
# stopsrc -s sshd
# startsrc -s sshd