If AIX SSH daemon is required, the SSH daemon must only listen on the approved listening IP addresses.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The SSH daemon should only listen on the approved listening IP addresses. Otherwise the SSH service could be subject to unauthorized access.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215306r991593_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Edit the SSH daemon config file and add/modify the "ListenAddress" network addresses:
# vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Restart SSH daemon:
# stopsrc -s sshd
# startsrc -s sshd