The SSH daemon must ignore .rhosts files.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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| V-38611 | RHEL-06-000234 | SV-50412r1_rule | Medium |
| Description |
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| SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts. |
| STIG | Date |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2014-06-10 |
Details
| Check Text ( None ) |
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| None |
| Fix Text (F-43559r1_fix) |
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| SSH can emulate the behavior of the obsolete rsh command in allowing users to enable insecure access to their accounts via ".rhosts" files. To ensure this behavior is disabled, add or correct the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config": IgnoreRhosts yes |