Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-22486 | GEN005537 | SV-46100r2_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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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z | 2016-12-20 |
Check Text ( C-43357r1_chk ) |
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Check the SSH daemon configuration for the UsePrivilegeSeparation setting. # grep -i UsePrivilegeSeparation /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#' If the setting is not present, or not set to "yes", this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-39444r2_fix) |
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Edit the SSH daemon configuration and add or edit the "UsePrivilegeSeparation" setting value to "yes". Restart the SSH daemon. # /sbin/service sshd restart |