The .rhosts file must not be supported in AIX PAM.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>.rhosts files are used to specify a list of hosts permitted remote access to a particular account without authenticating. The use of such a mechanism defeats strong identification and authentication requirements.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215433r991591_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Edit "/etc/pam.conf" and remove the reference(s) to the "rhosts_auth" module.