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SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
The SUSE operating system SSH daemon must use privilege separation.
The SUSE operating system SSH daemon must use privilege separation.
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The SUSE operating system SSH daemon must use privilege separation.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>SSH daemon privilege separation causes the SSH process to drop root privileges when not needed, which would decrease the impact of software vulnerabilities in the unprivileged section.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>