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All .rhosts, .shosts, or host.equiv files must only contain trusted host-user pairs.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-4427 GEN002020 SV-4427r8_rule ECCD-1 ECCD-2 Medium
Description
If these files are not properly configured, they could allow malicious access by unknown malicious users from untrusted hosts who could compromise the system.
STIG Date
Draft AIX Security Technical Implementation Guide 2011-08-17

Details

Check Text ( C-8219r2_chk )
Locate and examine all .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, and shosts.equiv files.

Procedure:
# find / -name .rhosts
# more //.rhosts

# find / -name .shosts
# more //.shosts

# find / -name hosts.equiv
# more //hosts.equiv

# find / -name shosts.equiv
# more //shosts.equiv

If any .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv file contains other than host-user pairs, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-4326r2_fix)
If possible, remove the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, and shosts.equiv files. If the files are required, remove any content from the files except for necessary host-user pairs.