The AIX SSH daemon must not allow RhostsRSAAuthentication.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If SSH permits rhosts RSA authentication, a user may be able to log in based on the keys of the host originating the request and not any user-specific authentication.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215305r991591_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Edit the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config file", add the following line, and save the change:
RhostsRSAAuthentication no
Restart the SSH daemon:
# stopsrc -s sshd
# startsrc -s sshd