SLEM 5 SSH daemon must be configured to not allow authentication using known hosts authentication.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>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.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-261340r996483_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - 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