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RHEL 9 SSH daemon must not allow rhosts authentication.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-258005r991589_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the SSH daemon to not allow rhosts authentication.

Add the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config", or uncomment the line and set the value to "yes":

IgnoreRhosts yes