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The SSH daemon must not allow rhosts RSA authentication.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22487 GEN005538 SV-40396r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
If SSH permits rhosts RSA authentication, a user may be able to log in based on the keys of the host originating the request and not any user-specific authentication.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-02-26

Details

Check Text ( C-39265r1_chk )
Check the SSH daemon configuration for the RhostsRSAAuthentication setting.
# grep -i RhostsRSAAuthentication /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#'
If the setting is set to yes, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-34370r1_fix)
Edit the SSH daemon configuration and change the RhostsRSAAuthentication setting value to no or remove it entirely.