There must be no shosts.equiv files on the SUSE operating system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-217142	SLES-12-010410	SV-217142r991589_rule		High

Description

The shosts.equiv files are used to configure host-based authentication for the system via SSH. Host-based authentication is not sufficient for preventing unauthorized access to the system, as it does not require interactive identification and authentication of a connection request, or for the use of two-factor authentication.

STIG	Date
SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-11-25

Details

Check Text (C-18370r369582_chk)

Verify there are no "shosts.equiv" files on the SUSE operating system.

Check the system for the existence of these files with the following command:

# find /etc -name shosts.equiv

If any "shosts.equiv" files are found on the system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-18368r369583_fix)

Remove any "shosts.equiv" files found on the SUSE operating system.

# rm /[path]/[to]/[file]/shosts.equiv