OL 8 must not allow accounts configured with blank or null passwords.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If an account has an empty password, anyone could log on and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with empty passwords should never be used in operational environments.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-248714r991589_rule
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Edit the following line in "etc/ssh/sshd_config" to prevent logons with empty passwords.
PermitEmptyPasswords no
The SSH daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect. To restart the SSH daemon, run the following command: