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The SSH daemon must ignore .rhosts files.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-38611 RHEL-06-000234 SV-50412r1_rule Medium
Description
SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-04-28

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-43559r1_fix)
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