Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-77469 | SLES-12-030240 | SV-92165r2_rule | Medium |
Description |
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SSH daemon privilege separation causes the SSH process to drop root privileges when not needed, which would decrease the impact of software vulnerabilities in the unprivileged section. |
STIG | Date |
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SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2018-09-27 |
Check Text ( C-77029r2_chk ) |
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Verify the SUSE operating system SSH daemon is configured to use privilege separation. Check that the SUSE operating system SSH daemon performs privilege separation with the following command: # sudo grep -i usepriv /etc/ssh/sshd_config UsePrivilegeSeparation yes If the "UsePrivilegeSeparation" keyword is set to "no", is missing, or the returned line is commented out, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-84111r1_fix) |
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Configure the SUSE operating system SSH daemon is configured to use privilege separation. Uncomment the "UsePrivilegeSeparation" keyword in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" and set the value to "yes": UsePrivilegeSeparation yes |