The AIX SSH daemon must be configured to not use host-based authentication.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts.
- ID
- SV-215304r991591_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-002122
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Edit "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" and add or update the "HostbasedAuthentication" line as:
HostbasedAuthentication no
Save the change and restart ssh daemon:
# stopsrc -s sshd
# startsrc -s sshd