The AIX SSH server must use SSH Protocol 2.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-215289 | SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014 | AIX7-00-002104 | SV-215289r958408_rule | 2024-08-16 | 3 |
| Description |
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| Without confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session. Remote access is access to DoD nonpublic information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include, for example, dial-up, broadband, and wireless. Encryption provides a means to secure the remote connection to prevent unauthorized access to the data traversing the remote access connection (e.g., RDP), thereby providing a degree of confidentiality. The encryption strength of a mechanism is selected based on the security categorization of the information. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| From the command prompt, run the following command: # grep ^Protocol /etc/ssh/sshd_config The above command should yield the following output: Protocol 2 If the above command does not show the ssh server supporting "Protocol 2" only, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Add or edit the following line in the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file to support "Protocol 2" only: Protocol 2 Save the change to /etc/ssh/sshd_config Restart ssh daemon: # stopsrc -s sshd # startsrc -s sshd |