The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disallow HostbasedAuthentication.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>SSH trust relationships enable trivial lateral spread after a host compromise and therefore must be explicitly disabled.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-258857r991591_rule
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Navigate to and open:
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
Ensure the "HostbasedAuthentication" line is uncommented and set to the following: