The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disable user environment processing.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Enabling user environment processing may enable users to bypass access restrictions in some configurations and must therefore be disabled.
- ID
- SV-258871r933674_rule
- Version
- PHTN-40-000208
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Navigate to and open:
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
Ensure the "PermitUserEnvironment" line is uncommented and set to the following: