If AIX SSH daemon is required, the SSH daemon must only listen on the approved listening IP addresses.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-215306 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00232 | AIX7-00-002124 | SV-215306r991593_rule | 2024-08-16 | 3 |
| Description |
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| The SSH daemon should only listen on the approved listening IP addresses. Otherwise the SSH service could be subject to unauthorized access. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| From the command prompt, run the following command to check if "ListenAddress" is defined in SSH config file: # grep -i ListenAddress /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#' ListenAddress 10.17.76.74 If no configuration is returned, or if a returned listen configuration contains addresses not permitted, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Edit the SSH daemon config file and add/modify the "ListenAddress" network addresses: # vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config Restart SSH daemon: # stopsrc -s sshd # startsrc -s sshd |