The SUSE operating system SSH daemon private host key files must have mode 0640 or less permissive.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If an unauthorized user obtains the private SSH host key file, the host could be impersonated.
- ID
- SV-217276r991589_rule
- Version
- SLES-12-030220
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the mode of the SUSE operating system SSH daemon private host key files under "/etc/ssh" to "0640" with the following command:
> sudo chmod 0640 /etc/ssh/ssh_host*key