The Photon operating system must be configured to protect the Secure Shell (SSH) public host key from unauthorized modification.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If a public host key file is modified by an unauthorized user, the SSH service may be compromised.
- ID
- SV-258895r991589_rule
- Version
- PHTN-40-000233
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:
# chmod 644 <file>
# chown root:root <file>
# systemctl restart sshd.service