SLEM 5 SSH daemon must be configured to not allow authentication using known hosts authentication.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Configuring this setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote logon via SSH will require a password, even in the event of misconfiguration elsewhere.
- ID
- SV-261340r996483_rule
- Version
- SLEM-05-255075
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure SLEM 5 SSH daemon to not allow authentication using "known hosts" authentication.
Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file:
IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes