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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000384-GPOS-00167

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  • AIX must setup SSH daemon to disable revoked public keys.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without configuring a local cache of revocation data, there is the potential to allow access to users who are no longer autho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX SSH daemon must be configured to only use Message Authentication Codes (MACs) employing FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic hash algorithms.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DoD information systems are required to use FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic hash functions.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;False...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The AIX SSH daemon must be configured for IP filtering.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The SSH daemon must be configured for IP filtering to provide a layered defense against connection attempts from unauthorized...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The AIX SSH daemon must not allow compression.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If compression is allowed in an SSH connection prior to authentication, vulnerabilities in the compression software could res...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must turn on SSH daemon privilege separation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSH daemon privilege separation causes the SSH process to drop root privileges when not needed, which would decrease the impa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must turn on SSH daemon reverse name checking.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If reverse name checking is off, SSH may allow a remote attacker to circumvent security policies and attempt to or actually l...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX SSH daemon must perform strict mode checking of home directory configuration files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If other users have access to modify user-specific SSH configuration files, they may be able to log into the system as anothe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must turn off X11 forwarding for the SSH daemon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;X11 forwarding over SSH allows for the secure remote execution of X11-based applications. This feature can increase the attac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must turn off TCP forwarding for the SSH daemon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSH TCP connection forwarding provides a mechanism to establish TCP connections proxied by the SSH server. This function can ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • The AIX SSH daemon must be configured to disable empty passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When password authentication is allowed, PermitEmptyPasswords specifies whether the server allows login to accounts with empt...
    Rule Medium Severity

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