The SLES for vRealize must enforce SSHv2 for network access to privileged accounts.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-240459	VRAU-SL-000710	SV-240459r852556_rule		Medium

Description
A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the operating system. Authentication sessions between the authenticator and the operating system validating the user credentials must not be vulnerable to a replay attack. An authentication process resists replay attacks if it is impractical to achieve a successful authentication by recording and replaying a previous authentication message. A privileged account is any information system account with authorizations of a privileged user. Techniques used to address this include protocols using nonces (e.g., numbers generated for a specific one-time use) or challenges (e.g., TLS, WS_Security). Additional techniques include time-synchronous or challenge-response one-time authenticators.

Description

A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the operating system. Authentication sessions between the authenticator and the operating system validating the user credentials must not be vulnerable to a replay attack. An authentication process resists replay attacks if it is impractical to achieve a successful authentication by recording and replaying a previous authentication message. A privileged account is any information system account with authorizations of a privileged user. Techniques used to address this include protocols using nonces (e.g., numbers generated for a specific one-time use) or challenges (e.g., TLS, WS_Security). Additional techniques include time-synchronous or challenge-response one-time authenticators.

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-09-22

Details

Check Text ( C-43692r671116_chk )
Verify that the SLES for vRealize enforces SSHv2 for network access to privileged accounts by running the following command: Replace [ADDRESS] in the following command with the correct IP address based on the current system configuration. # ssh -1 [ADDRESS] An example of the command usage is as follows: # ssh -1 localhost The output must be the following: Protocol major versions differ: 1 vs. 2 If the output is not as listed above, this is a finding. OR Verify that the ssh is configured to enforce SSHv2 for network access to privileged accounts by running the following command: # grep Protocol /etc/ssh/sshd_config If the result is not "Protocol 2", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-43692r671116_chk )

Verify that the SLES for vRealize enforces SSHv2 for network access to privileged accounts by running the following command:

Replace [ADDRESS] in the following command with the correct IP address based on the current system configuration.
# ssh -1 [ADDRESS]

An example of the command usage is as follows:
# ssh -1 localhost

The output must be the following:

Protocol major versions differ: 1 vs. 2

If the output is not as listed above, this is a finding.

OR

Verify that the ssh is configured to enforce SSHv2 for network access to privileged accounts by running the following command:

# grep Protocol /etc/ssh/sshd_config

If the result is not "Protocol 2", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43651r671117_fix)
Configure the SLES for vRealize to enforce SSHv2 for network access to privileged accounts by running the following commands: # sed -i 's/^.\bProtocol\b.$/Protocol 2/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config Restart the ssh service: # service sshd restart