The AIX SSH daemon must be configured to not use host-based authentication.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-215304 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229 | AIX7-00-002122 | SV-215304r991591_rule | 2024-08-16 | 3 |
| Description |
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| SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Check the SSH daemon configuration for allowed host-based authentication using command: # grep -i HostbasedAuthentication /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#' HostbasedAuthentication no If no lines are returned, or the returned "HostbasedAuthentication" directive contains "yes", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Edit "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" and add or update the "HostbasedAuthentication" line as: HostbasedAuthentication no Save the change and restart ssh daemon: # stopsrc -s sshd # startsrc -s sshd |