The SSH client must be configured to only use FIPS 140-2 approved ciphers.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22461	GEN005510	SV-46015r1_rule		Medium

Description
DoD information systems are required to use FIPS 140-2 approved ciphers. SSHv2 ciphers meeting this requirement are 3DES and AES.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-19

Details

Check Text ( C-43293r1_chk )
Check the SSH client configuration for allowed ciphers. # grep -i ciphers /etc/ssh/ssh_config | grep -v '^#' If no lines are returned, or the returned ciphers list contains any cipher not starting with "3des" or "aes", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39378r1_fix)
Edit the SSH client configuration and remove any ciphers not starting with "3des" or "aes". If necessary, add a "Ciphers" line.